Actor-activist Deep Sidhu has been arrested by the Delhi Police in connection with Republic Day Violence. He was arrested from Zirakpur near Chandigarh.
The arrest was made by a team of Delhi Police’s Special Cell, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav.
The police had announced a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh for information leading to Sidhu’s arrest, who kept changing his locations to evade arrest.
“Sidhu was in contact with a woman friend who lives in California. He used to make videos and send it to her, and she used to upload them on his Facebook account,” police sources said.
The Republic Day violence on January 26 had left over 500 security personnel injured and one protestor dead.