The bench comprising Chief Justice N.V. Ramana, Justices S. Kant and A.S. Bopanna was hearing the habeas corpus petition filed by Kerala Union of Working Journalists(KUWJ) seeking Kappan`s release.
SC Directs UP Govt To Shift Arrested Kerala Journalist Siddique Kappan To Hospital In Delhi
The Supreme Court makes clear that scribe Siddique Kappan will be sent back to Mathura jail after recovery. File photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-04-28T14:00:46+05:30 SC Directs UP Govt To Shift Arrested Kerala Journalist Siddique Kappan To Hospital In Delhi outlookindia.com 2021-04-28T14:02:39+05:30
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The Supreme Court Wednesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to shift arrested Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan to hospital in Delhi. He was held last year on way to Hathras where a young Dalit woman had died after being gang-raped.
Kerala CM writes to Yogi Adityanath, requests better treatment for jailed journalist ANI | Updated: Apr 25, 2021 21:41 IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 25 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday wrote to his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath, requesting him to ensure better medical treatment to journalist Siddique Kappan, who has been in the custody of Uttar Pradesh Police since October last year. It has been brought to my attention by the Kerala Union of Working Journalist and some of the prominent media persons of national repute that Siddique Kappan, a journalist from Kerala presently in custody under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh is facing severe health problems, wrote Vijayan in his letter to Adityanath.
Hathras case: UP Police file 5,000-page chargesheet against journalist Siddique Kappan, 7 others
The police alleged that Kappan and others received funds of about Rs 80 lakh from financial institutions in Doha and Muscat to create trouble.
The Special Task Force of the Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday filed a chargesheet against Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan and seven others, accusing them of sedition and conspiring to incite caste violence in Hathras district last year,
The Indian Express reported.
The chargesheet was filed in a court in Mathura. Besides Kappan, it named Popular Front of India members Atiqur Rahman, Masood Ahmed, Rauf Sharif, Ansad Badruddin, Firoz Khan, Alam and Danish.