Delhi court sends actor-activist Deep Sidhu to 14-day judicial custody

Deep Sidhu was in police custody after Delhi Police identified him as one of the main instigators behind the violence that broke out at Red Fort on 26 January this year.

Deep Sidhu being presented in Tis Hazari court after being arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell team, in New Delhi on 9 February 2021 | Photo: ANI

New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday sent actor-activist Deep Sidhu to judicial custody for 14 days in connection with the Red Fort violence on the Republic Day during farmers’ tractor parade against the Centre’s three new agri laws.

Sidhu was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Samarjeet Kaur on the expiry of his 7-day police custody in the case.

The court had earlier sent Sidhu to police custody after the police alleged he was one of the main instigators of the violent incidents at the Red Fort.

Tens of thousands of protesting farmers clashed with the police in the national capital on January 26 during a tractor parade to to highlight their demands.

Many of them driving tractors reached the Red Fort and entered the monument, where a religious flag was also hoisted. Over 500 police personnel were injured and one protestor died.

In the FIR registered in connection with the Red Fort violence, police alleged two magazines with 20 live cartridges were snatched from two constables by protestors who also damaged vehicles and robbed anti-riot gear.