
Delhi court grants bail to Deep Sidhu in ASI case for damage to Red Fort during R-Day violence
The Hindu
Metropolitan Magistrate Sahil Gupta granted relief to Sidhu on a personal bond of ₹25,000 with one surety of like amount, while directing him to join the investigation as and when asked for.
A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to actor-activist Deep Sidhu, arrested in the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) case pertaining to the during which parts of the heritage structure were damaged. Metropolitan Magistrate Sahil Gupta granted relief to Sidhu on a personal bond of ₹25,000 with one surety of like amount, while directing him to join the investigation as and when asked for. Sidhu was arrested by Delhi police on April 17 in relation to the violence during the farmers’ tractor march against the Central government’s new farm laws, moments after being released from jail in another case related to the incident, in which he got bail on April 16.
In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












