, Dec 15 (IANS) A local court in Mathura has transferred the ongoing case of the eight PFI activists, including Malayali journalist Siddiqui Kappan, to a special NIA court in Lucknow.While Kappan and three others, Atiq-ur-Rahman, Masood Ahmad .
A local court in Mathura has transferred the ongoing case of the eight PFI activists, including Malayali journalist Siddiqui Kappan, to a special NIA court in Lucknow.
Despite an SC order directing authorities to shift him back to Mathura jail only when he recovers, UP government got him discharged from AIIMS when he was COVID positive and had serious medical issues.
UP Police Chargesheets Siddique Kappan, 7 Others on Charges of Sedition, Conspiracy, Terror
Despite reports to the contrary, the police has linked all the accused, including journalist Kappan, to the PFI.
Siddique Kappan. Photo: Youtube screengrab
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New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh police’s special task force (STF) has chargesheeted eight people, including Popular Front of India’s students’ wing leader K.A. Rauf Sherif and journalist Siddique Kappan, in a Mathura court on charges of sedition, criminal conspiracy, funding of terror activities and other offences, news reports said.
According to the
New Indian Express, the others named in the chargesheet are Atiqur Rehman, Mohammad Danish, Alam, Masood Ahmad, Feroz Khan and Asad Badruddin. They have been accused of receiving funds to the tune of Rs 80 lakh from financial institutions based in Muscat and Doha for the purpose of creating unrest and riots in Uttar Pradesh.
Chargesheet says all the accused got Rs 80 lakh from financial institutions based in Muscat and Doha for the purpose of creating unrest and riots in UP.