Panipat, February 15
Deep Sidhu, the prime suspect in last year’s Republic Day violence, died in a road accident on Tuesday, police sources said.
Sidhu, an actor from Punjab, 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 the Singhu border, the centre of last year’s farmer protests. He was gravely wounded and died on the way to the hospital.
His body’s been sent to the Sonepat Civil Hospital for autopsy, police sources said.
On January 26, protesting farmers had clashed with police during the tractor rally against the Centre’s now-repealed farm laws and stormed into the Red Fort, hoisting religious flags on its domes and injuring scores of policemen.
According to Delhi Police, they have electronic evidence to show that Sidhu entered the Red Fort with supporters carrying lathis and flags and provoked the violence. He was in jail for over two months and was released on bail on April 17.
Key suspect in R-Day violence Deep Sidhu killed in road accident
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