Grave violation of human rights : 11 Kerala MPs write to CJI, seeks urgent hearing in Siddique Kappan case
They urged before the Chief Justice that the Malayali journalist should be shifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences for expert medical attention.
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: 11 UDF MP s led by K Sudhakaran have shot off a joint letter to Chief Justice, N V Ramana seeking the Supreme Court s intervention in the case of journalist Siddique Kappan who has been admitted at Mathura Medical College Hospital in Uttar Pradesh after he became Covid positive.
They urged before the Chief Justice that the Malayali journalist should be shifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences for expert medical attention.
11 UDF MPs write to CJI, seeking intervention for urgent hearing in Kappan case
By Mansoor| Published: 25th April 2021 8:14 pm IST Courtesy Muslim Mirror
Kochi Eleven MPs of the opposition UDF on Sunday sought the intervention of Supreme Court Chief Justice N V Ramana for an urgent hearing of the case of journalist Siddique Kappan, arrested while on his way to Hathras, where a young Dalit woman died after being allegedly gang raped.
In a letter to the CJI, the MPs of the Congress led UDF said that Kappan, who is incarcerated by the Uttar Pradesh Police in Mathura, sustained serious injuries after he fell unconscious in Mathura Jail.