Cash Reward of Rs 1L on Deep Sidhu and 3 others
A notable development in the January 26 violence case as the Delhi Police declares cash reward of 1 Lakh rupees for anyone who would provide information on actor Deep Sidhu and two of his associates and also on information on Jugraj Singh the one who is accused of hoisting the sacred Nishan Sahib flag of Sikhs at the Red Fort during the farmers’ tractor parade in Delhi. In Delhi and Punjab multiple raids are being conducted by the police to look for the accused who had participated in the violent clashes that took place between police and the farmers that day.
The police have registered 44 FIR’s and made 122 arrests of people in connection with the farmers’ tractor rally violence case till date and the police is also looking for protestors named Jajbir Singh, Buta Singh, Sukhdev Singh and Iqbal Singh. An amount of Rs 50,000 has also been announced on information on them by the police.
This development in the case came a day after the Central government informed the Parliament that the farmers tractor parade in the national capital on January 26 had indulged in rioting ‘aggressively’ , vandalizing public property and using ‘criminal force’ against public servants. To stop the rioting crowd the Delhi police had no option left but use tear gas, water cannons and mild force.
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