Actor-activist Deep Sidhu dies in road accident in Sonipat
The Hindu
Punjab CM Channi and several political leaders of poll-bound Punjab, expressed their grief over the incident.
Actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu, accused of being the key conspirator of the Red Fort violence on Republic Day last year, died Tuesday evening after his car hit a truck on Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway near Kharkhoda in Haryana's Sonipat district, police said.
The 37-year-old Punjabi actor was said to be travelling from Delhi to Punjab when the incident occurred. TV visuals showed the white SUV badly damaged on the driver's side after it rammed into the stationary truck.
Kharkhoda police station Inspector Jaspal Singh said, "Deep Sidhu died in the accident. A woman accompanying him has been admitted to hospital with some injuries." An investigation to determine the exact cause of the accident was underway, he said.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.