Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu who was accused in Red Fort violence, dies in a road accident – Times of India ►

Actor Deep Sidhu has passed away in an accident near Sonipat in Haryana. The Sonipat Police have confirmed his death. He was recently in the news as he was accused in the 2021 Red Fort violence case.

Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu dies in a road accident near Sonipat in Haryana, confirms Sonipat Police. Details awaited.… https://t.co/sJYYeDEXvl

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The accident took place on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway that bypasses the national capital. Sidhu was going from Delhi to Bathinda in Punjab when the car in which he was travelling rammed into a trailer truck at 9.30 p.m., the police said. His woman co-driver escaped in the accident.

Sidhu was declared brought dead at the Kharkhoda hospital in Haryana’s Sonipat district. His body was sent for a post-mortem examination to Haryana’s Sonipat.

Soon, actors like Ammy Virk, Ranjit Bawa and others mourned the demise of the actor.

He was arrested in connection with the violence at Red Fort during the farmers‘ tractor rally on Republic Day 2021. He was also arrested by the cops for his derogatory remarks towards SC/ST caste. He was booked under the SC/ST Act.

His first Punjabi movie, ‘Ramta Jogi’, was released in 2015. His second movie, ‘Jora Das Numbria’, which released in 2018, was hit.