NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the UP government to submit within 24 hours all medical reports of hospitalised journalist Siddique Kappan, who has been in custody since October 5 for allegedly attempting to fuel unrest in Hathras after the death of a girl who was gang raped.
Appearing for Kerala Union of Working Journalists, advocate Wills Mathew said Kappan was admitted to Mathura’s KM Hospital after testing positive for Covid and alleged that he was tied to the bed with chains. He requested a bench of CJI N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and A S Bopanna to immediately remove the chains to enable him to eat freely.