New Delhi: The Delhi Southwestern Range of Special Cell police arrested actor Deep Sidhu, who was allegedly instigating a mob to desecrate the Tri-colour at the Red Fort on Republic Day. Sidhu was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Prigya Gupta at the Tis Hazari Court on Tuesday afternoon and was remanded in seven day police custody.

A team of Southwestern Range of Special Cell led by DCP Sanjeev Yadav made the arrest around 10.30 pm at Karnal in Haryana on Monday night. Sidhu carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh. According to the police sources the actor was hiding for the past 15 days. However, he kept releasing provocative videos to instigate Punjab and Haryana youth, police said. Crime branch officials claimed that the actor had instigated the mob to break the barricades with tractors and deviate from the police approved route.  DCP Special Cell Yadav said Sidhu had been changing his location to evade arrest.

Sources claimed Sidhu’s friends had refused him accommodation and help. Sidhu was in touch with a California-based woman, who helped him upload the provocative videos through Facebook when he was in hiding.