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By: Shree1news, 10 FEB 2021
A man wanted in connection with the violence on the Red Fort on Republic Day was arrested by Delhi Police from Punjab, officers mentioned on Wednesday.
Iqbal Singh, carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on his arrest, was nabbed from Hoshiarpur in Punjab on Tuesday night by the northern range of Delhi Police’s Special Cell, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav mentioned.
On Monday, the Special Cell had arrested actor-activist Deep Sidhu, a “prominent player” behind the violence on the Red Fort. Thousands of farmers protesting the Centre’s new agriculture laws had clashed with the police throughout their tractor parade on January 26.
Most of the protesters, driving tractors, reached the Red Fort and entered the monument. Some protesters even hoisted religious flags on its domes and a flagstaff at the ramparts, where the national flag is unfurled on Independence Day.
Source:A-N
