Actor-activist Deep Sidhu, a key suspect in the Red Fort violence on the Republic Day in January 2021 during the farmers' protest, was killed in a road accident on KMP highway near the Singhu border on Tuesday, reports said.
Sidhu was travelling in scorpio jeep when his vehicle rammed into a stationary container parked on road side. He was rushed to hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Reports said his friend, who was travelling with him, escaped unhurt.
Interestingly, Singhu border was the epicentre of the year-long agitation by farmers demanding withdrawal of the three controversial farm laws.
On January 26, 2021, thousands of protesting farmers who reached ITO from the Ghazipur border clashed with police. Many of the farmers driving tractors reached the Red Fort and entered the monument, where a religious flag was also hoisted.
Sidhu was facing a criminal trial for engineering the violence. He was arrested on February 9 and was released on bail on April 7.
