Police in India have arrested popular actor Deep Sidhu for his alleged role in the Republic Day rampage by farmers during their tractor rally in the national capital in protest against three new farm laws that they fear will hurt their livelihoods.

India's opposition Congress MP and former UN diplomat Shashi Tharoor and six journalists have been booked by police on charges of sedition and criminal conspiracy over Tuesday's rampage by farmers during their tractor rally in Delhi.