Chandigarh, Sep 19 (PTI) Eight passengers died after a private bus carrying around 35 people fell into the Sirhind feeder canal in Muktsar district on Tuesday, officials said. The incident took place near Jhabelwali village on the Muktsar-Kotkapura road after the bus skidded off the road when brakes were applied, they said, adding it was raining at the time of the incident.
Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu, who was arrested in connection with the violence at Red Fort during farmers` tractor rally on Republic Day 2021, died in a road crash on Tuesday evening.
Sidhu was arrested by Delhi Police in February and April in relation to the violence during the farmers' tractor march against the central government's new farm laws on Republic Day.