Deep Sidhu, actor-activist accused in Red Fort how violence, dies in car crash

Punjabi actor and activist Deep Sadhu, who shot into the limelight following the Red Fort violence during the farmers’ rally on Republic Day last year, died in a road accident on the(KMP) highway near Concept on Tuesday night. Virender Singh, DSP, law and order, Concept, confirmed that Sadhu died when his vehicle rammed into the rear of a truck. Police said the incident was reported around 9 pm near People toll booth on the KMP, in Haryana’s  area, when Sadhu and his friend, a Punjab A senior police officer said the vehicle hit the back of a stationary truck which had broken down on the side of the road. The driver’s side of the Scorpio bore the brunt of the impact. “Deep Sadhu was at the wheel at the time. His friend suffered bruises and was taken to a nearby hospital for a check-up. Her condition is stable,” said a police officer. Sadhu was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was declared dead. His body was taken to the civil hospital in  A day after last year’s Republic Day farmers’ protest, which had spiral led into violence in the national capital, Delhi Police had registered 25 Fire against farm union leaders and protesters for allegedly storming the Red Fort and vandalizing property. Also, Read |Man of many shades, loved and hated in equal measure One of the Fire named Sadhu and gangster turned politician Lakhbir  for allegedly “orchestrating” the incident and “inciting” farmers. They were booked under sections of rioting, criminal conspiracy, attempt to murder and robbery. Senior police officers had claimed that Sadhu had come up in videos, posted on social media by protesters, addressing the crowd on the route of the tractor march. He was arrested on February 9 last year by the Special Cell of Delhi Police. Deeply saddened to learn about the unfortunate demise of renowned actor and social activist, #DeepSadhu. My thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved family and fans. —  Change (@CHARANJITCHANNI) February 15/ 2022, He was granted bail by a Delhi court in April, but was re-arrested by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police from Bihar Jail for allegedly “damaging” Red Fort, in a case lodged on a complaint filed by the Archaeological Survey of India. The Delhi Police, during his custody remand hearings, had claimed that Sadhu was “the main rioter and instigator” and was seen in a video with “swords, sticks and flags during the violence on January 26”. It was also alleged that he “congratulated the person who hoisted the (Nissan, Sahib) flag at Red Fort and also did a Facebook Live from the spot”. In the bail order, the court observed that the prosecution had sought to make an example of him since he was popular, but that this “hazards a failure of justice”, and that his continued detention was an infringement of his right to life and liberty. The court granted him bail in the second case a few days later, terming the second arrest “vicious and sinister”. The court had said it “amounts to playing fraud with the established criminal process”. In a tweet hours after Sadhu’s death, Punjab Chief Minis Singh Chaney wrote: “Deeply saddened to learn about the unfortunate demise of renowned actor and social activist, #DeepSadhu. My thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved family and fans.”