Red Fort incident: Court allows Delhi police to obtain accused Deep Sidhu's voice sample

A court in Delhi on Thursday allowed the Delhi police to obtain the voice sample of actor Deep Sidhu, accused in the Red Fort incident that took place on Republic Day.

A court here on Thursday allowed Delhi police plea to obtain the voice sample of actor-activist Deep Sidhu, accused in connection with the Red Fort violence on the Republic Day. Metropolitan Magistrate Sahil Gupta allowed the application in which the police claimed that in order to authenticate the voice of the accused in several videos (Facebook live, TV interviews etc.), it was necessary that his voice was matched with the voice in those video clippings. Sidhu was arrested on February 9 and was granted bail by a Delhi court on April 16 in the case.