<p>The Delhi Police has registered a sedition case in connection with the violence at Red Fort during a tractor parade by farmers on Republic Day, officials said on Thursday.</p>.<p>According to a senior police officer, a case under section 124A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered and the incident is being investigated.</p>.<p>Earlier, the Delhi Police had named actor Deep Sidhu and gangster-turned-social activist Lakha Sidhana in an FIR lodged in connection with the Red Fort incident.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/protesters-were-shouting-police-ko-maro-injured-cop-recalls-republic-day-violence-944156.html" target="_blank">Protesters were shouting 'police ko maro': Injured cop recalls Republic Day violence</a></strong></p>.<p>Thousands of protesting farmers, who reached ITO from the Ghazipur border, clashed with the police. Many of them, driving tractors, reached the Red Fort and entered the monument.</p>.<p>They hoisted flags on the domes and placed the flagstaff at the ramparts of the national monument, where the national flag is unfurled by the prime minister on Independence Day.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/who-is-deep-sidhu-the-man-allegedly-behind-farmers-tractor-rally-chaos-944221.html" target="_blank">Who is Deep Sidhu, the man allegedly behind farmers' tractor rally chaos?</a></strong></p>.<p>The Red Fort will remain closed for visitors from January 27 to January 31, according to an order issued by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).</p>.<p>While the order does not mention the reason behind the closure, it refers to earlier orders of January 6 and January 18, whereby the iconic monument was closed from January 19 to January 22 due to a bird-flu alert.</p>
<p>The Delhi Police has registered a sedition case in connection with the violence at Red Fort during a tractor parade by farmers on Republic Day, officials said on Thursday.</p>.<p>According to a senior police officer, a case under section 124A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered and the incident is being investigated.</p>.<p>Earlier, the Delhi Police had named actor Deep Sidhu and gangster-turned-social activist Lakha Sidhana in an FIR lodged in connection with the Red Fort incident.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/protesters-were-shouting-police-ko-maro-injured-cop-recalls-republic-day-violence-944156.html" target="_blank">Protesters were shouting 'police ko maro': Injured cop recalls Republic Day violence</a></strong></p>.<p>Thousands of protesting farmers, who reached ITO from the Ghazipur border, clashed with the police. Many of them, driving tractors, reached the Red Fort and entered the monument.</p>.<p>They hoisted flags on the domes and placed the flagstaff at the ramparts of the national monument, where the national flag is unfurled by the prime minister on Independence Day.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/who-is-deep-sidhu-the-man-allegedly-behind-farmers-tractor-rally-chaos-944221.html" target="_blank">Who is Deep Sidhu, the man allegedly behind farmers' tractor rally chaos?</a></strong></p>.<p>The Red Fort will remain closed for visitors from January 27 to January 31, according to an order issued by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).</p>.<p>While the order does not mention the reason behind the closure, it refers to earlier orders of January 6 and January 18, whereby the iconic monument was closed from January 19 to January 22 due to a bird-flu alert.</p>