Who is actor Deep Sidhu?, accused of instigating farmers at Red Fort

Actor Deep Sidhu instigated protesters part of the farmers' tractor rally and led them to the Red Fort in Delhi, allege farmer leaders.

Sidhu in his defence said in a Facebook LIVE video, "We only hoisted the Nishan Sahib at the Red Fort while exercising our democratic right to protest, the Indian flag was not removed."

Who is Deep Sidhu

Deep Sidhu was Born in 1984 in Punjab's Muktsar district. He has sttudied law. He was even part of the Bar for a short period before he won Kingfisher Model Hunt award.

In 2015, his first Punjabi movie Ramta Jogi got released. It was only in 2018 that Sidhu gained popularity with the movie Jora Das Numbria. In the movie he portrayed the lead role of a gangster.

It is important to mention here that Deep Sidhu was part of team employed by BJP MP Sunny Deol during his Gurdaspur election campaign in 2019. Sunny Deol, while expressing sadness at the Red Fort incident on Tuesday said in a tweet, "I had earlier, on December 6 through Twitter said that neither I nor my family has any links to Deep Sidhu."