Just two days after the arrest of Sukhdev Singh, Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu in Zirakpur for his alleged involvement in January 26 violence in the national capital.
“Deep Sidhu, an accused in 26th January violence case arrested,” Delhi Police Special Cell said on Tuesday. The investigation into the Republic Day violence is being conducted at three levels – local police, Special Cell and Crime Branch.
The names of Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu and gangster Lakka Sadana were included in the FIR registered in connection with the violence at Red Fort in Delhi on January 26.
“On January 26 some people hoisted the flag at Red Fort. Some of them have been identified out of which Deep Sidhu is the prime accused,” said Praveer Ranjan, Special Commissioner of Police (CP), Crime.
Sidhu had been absconding since the Republic Day clash and was reportedly hiding in Bihar. During this time, he continued to give his clarification on Facebook. The farmer leaders also blamed him for the violence and after the clash; they distanced themselves from him. On February 9, the police finally arrested him from Zirakpur near Chandigarh. Farmers’ unions had previously suspected Sidhu of being supported by Khalistani organisations. Farmers have been protesting at the different borders of the national capital since November 26 against the three newly enacted farm laws: Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
