Deep Sidhu, the
actor-turned-activist accused in the Republic Day Red Fort violence, died in a
road accident Tuesday. Following his death, the actor’s brother Surjeet filed a
police complaint alleging that negligent driving on the part of a truck driver
led to the accident that killed Deep Sidhu, India Today reported.

Deep Sidhu aka
Sandeep Singh Sidhu, 37, was driving in an SUV along with a close friend
identified as Reena Rai when he met with an accident. While Sidhu died, Reena
Rai survived the accident.

According to the
FIR filed by Surjit with the Sonipat police, the accusation goes that a truck
driver pulled the breaks suddenly causing the accident on Kundi-Manesar Palwal
highway. Deep Sidhu’s brother told the police that an unknown caller told him
that his brother had been in an accident in Kharkonda.

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“I was also asked
to come to the spot by the caller on receiving the same call. Reena Rai, who
was the co-passenger, narrated [to] me the incident that the truck was…ahead of
our car, which had suddenly applied brakes roughly, despite there being no
vehicles on the road (sic),” Surjeet said, according to India Today quoting the
FIR.

The FIR further
claims that the truck’s parking lights were not visible and alleges that it was
negligence on part of the trucker that caused Deep Sidhu to sustain fatal
injuries. The FIR has been filed under sections 279 (rash driving) and 304A
(causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

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Deep Sidhu, from
Punjab’s Mukhtar Sahib district, was a lawyer-turned-model-turned-activist. He
first shot to national fame when he posted a number of videos on the farmers’
agitation against the three agriculture laws that the Centre eventually
revoked.

Sidhu was accused
to be the prime conspirator behind the violence in the wake of farm protests on
January 26, 2021 at the Red Fort. He was arrested on April 17 and was released
on bail after spending 70 days in police custody.