"Not only did they torture me, but they also asked me absurd questions in custody. They questioned whether I ever visited Pakistan or whether I used to eat beef," the journalist said.
SC Grants Siddique Kappan Five Days Interim Bail to Visit His Ailing Mother
The journalist is not allowed to interact with any mediapersons during these five days.
Siddique Kappan. Photo: Twitter/@vssanakan
Media15/Feb/2021
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has granted journalist Siddique Kappan five days’ interim bail to visit his ailing mother. Kappan was arrested on October 5 while he was on his way to Hathras, to cover the rape and murder of a Dalit teenager.
The Kerala Union for Working Journalists (KUWJ) had filed the interim bail petition, saying that Kappan’s 90-year-old ailing mother had expressed her desire to see him. “Mother is said to be in a critical situation and that she is likely not to survive for many days. In these circumstances, we consider it appropriate to permit the detenu to visit his mother and return to prison at the end of the 5th day,” said the bench headed by Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde, according to