Delhi Police on Monday arrested a 21-year-old farmer, who had a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, over his alleged involvement in the Red Fort vandalism case from Amritsar in Punjab. “Gurjot Singh, who is wanted in the Red Fort case and has a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, has been arrested by a team of the Northern range of special cell from Amritsar,” DCP (Special Cell) Sanjeev Yadav said.
Singh was wanted in connection to the Red Fort Violence of Republic Day 2021 in Delhi, where two flags with the Sikh holy symbol were hoisted on Red Fort. He was arrested from Amritsar, Punjab. Sources informed that Gurjot is a farmer and a native of Talwandi Sobha Singh village in Tarn Taran district. Sanjeev Yadav, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Special Cell, confirmed the arrest and said, “One Gurjot Singh wanted in the Red Fort case who had a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head has been arrested by a team of NR of special cell from Amritsar.” Days after the incident, Delhi Police Commissioner S N Shrivastava had announced a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh to anyone who shared information that could help in tracing several of the accused, including Gurjot Singh, Deep Sidhu, Jugraj Singh, Gurjant Singh and others. To date, more than 40 FIRs have been registered and 135 people arrested in the Republic Day vandalism case.
