Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu, who was arrested in connection with the violence at Red Fort during farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day 2021, died in a road crash near the spot near the Delhi border where the farmers held a year-long protest against the three controversial farm laws.
Sidhu was facing a criminal trial for engineering the violence that ensued at the Red Fort on Republic Day last year.
The accident occurred around 8.30 pm near Pipli toll plaza in Kharkhhoda area of Sonepat. The accident spot was nearly 30 km from the Singhu border, the centre of last year’s farmer protests. He was gravely wounded and died on the way to the hospital.
Sidhu’s body been sent to the Sonepat Civil Hospital for autopsy, police sources said.
Sidhu was travelling with his friend Reena. The accident occurred on Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway near Pipli toll plaza in Kharkhhoda area of Sonepat.
Sidhu was on the way to Punjab from Delhi, police sources said. Kharkhoda police team reached the accident spot.
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