New Delhi | It became one year on Tuesday since journalist Siddique Kappan along with three others was sent to jail after being arrested under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) following the rape and murder of a Dalit girl in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. Marking one year of their arrest on October 5, Campus Front of […]
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SC allows jailed scribe Siddique Kappan to meet terminally ill mother
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed jailed scribe Siddique Kappan to meet his terminally ill mother in Kerala, and directed him to return within five days. The Uttar Pradesh government claimed that Kappan’s wife is collecting money in Kerala under his name and he has been projected as a “martyr” who has made a […]
UP govt to SC: PFI member Siddique Kappan operated under journalist cover
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government has informed the Supreme Court that Siddique Kappan is the office secretary of Popular Front of India (PFI) and was using a journalist’s cover by showing the identity card of a Kerala-based newspaper named Tejas which closed down in 2018. The affidavit filed by the government said it was revealed […]
UP govt to SC: Siddique Kappan not illegally confined, no objection to advocate meeting him
New Delhi: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Friday countered the claims of the Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) that Siddique Kappan was illegally confined. Mehta, representing the Uttar Pradesh government, submitted before a bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde that Kappan was arrested and remanded by a competent court, and his bail was heard […]