Delhi Court Sends Deep Sidhu To 7-Day Custody In Republic Day Violence Case
Mumbai: Delhi Police told a city court on Tuesday that actor Deep Sidhu was the main rioter and instigator in the Republic Day violence. They further said that Sidhu instigated the protesters and destroyed public property.
He was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Pragya Gupta, where police said Sidhu was seen entering a video with a sword, lathi and flag during the violence on 26 January. “He provoked the people and gave speeches with a loud hailer thus inciting violence,” the police’s lawyer said.
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The judge sent Sidhu to seven-day police custody.
On January 26, thousands of protesting farmers who reached ITO from Ghazipur border clashed with the police.
Many of those driving tractors reached the Red Fort and entered the memorial, where a religious flag was also hoisted. More than 500 police personnel were injured and a protestor was killed.
Police today told the court that Sidhu congratulated the person who hoisted the flag at the Red Fort and also made Facebook live from the spot.
However, the defence counsel dismissed the charges against the actor for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sidhu’s lawyer also said that his client was not arrested.
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Sidhu was arrested late on Monday night by the Delhi Police’s Special Cell team. Police said they have begun the process of identifying co-conspirators in the incident of violence on Republic Day.
Since the day of the violence, Sindhu had changed her hideout, so the police teams would go to all those places.
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In the FIR lodged in connection with the Red Fort violence, police said two magazines containing 20 live cartridges were snatched by protesters from two constables who also damaged vehicles and looted anti-riot gear.
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