Actor Deep Sidhu passed away after a fatal car crash near the same spot where the farmers held the yearlong protest against the farm laws.
Well-known Punjab actor Deep Sidhu, who was in headlines last year in connection with the violence at Red Fort on Republic Day 2021 amid farmer’s protest, passed away today (February 15) in a road accident.
His car crash took place near the same place where farmers had been in a yearlong sit-in protest to get the controversial farm laws revoked. Sidhu was in a private vehicle at the time of the accident. He was accompanied by a friend from the US. The late actor’s body has now been sent to Sonipat in Haryana for post-mortem examination.
Sidhu came into national limelight early last year amid the massive outrage following swarming of the Red Fort by protesters on Republic Day. After the incident, Sidhu had admitted to being in attendance when a religious flag was hoisted alongside the Tricolour at the red fort amid the violence. "We have only hoisted the Nishan Sahib flag on the Red Fort while exercising our democratic right to protest,” Sidhu had said speaking about the protest turning violent and hoisting of the flag.
A look at Deep Sidhu’s life
Sidhu was an actor and a filmmaker who was also gained prominence as an activist. Born in 1984 in Punjab’s Muktsar, he started his acting and modelling career after becoming the Kingfisher Model Hunt winner and went on to participate in Grasim Mr India, where he was adjudged Grasim Mr Personality and Grasim Mr. Talented.
Unable to find a connection with the world of modelling, Sidhu went on to become a practicing lawyer. He worked as a legal advisor for Sahara India Pariwar and also served as the legal head of Balaji Telefilms for over three years.
In 2019, Sidhu made his foray into politics by campaigning for famous actor and parliamentarian Sunny Deol in Gurdaspur during the General Elections. In films, his debut came with 'Ramta Jogi' in 2015 but his biggest claim to fame was 'Jora Das Numbria' in 2018.
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Connection with protests and violence on Republic Day
Following the incident at the Red Fort, Sidhu had said that he had put up the 'Nishan Sahib' as a symbolic protest. The flag is a symbol of the Sikh religion seen at all Gurdwara complexes. The actor had posted a video saying, “To symbolically register our protest against the new farm legislation, we put up 'Nishan Sahib' and a farmer flag and also raised the slogan of Kisan Mazdoor Ekta.”
Sidhu was later arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell in February 2021, in connection to the Republic Day incident. He had been absconding after the controversial incident at Red Fort. A Rs 1 lakh cash reward was also announced by the Delhi Police at the time for any information on Sidhu.
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