Kerala Journalist Siddique Kappan Leaves UP Jail After Over 2 Years
NDTV
Siddique Kappan, a journalist from Kerala who was arrested in Uttar Pradesh on terror charges, will be released today. A Special court in Lucknow signed his release order today -- more than a month after he got bail in the two cases against him.
Mr Kappan was expected to walk out last evening, but he could not be released since the judge of the Special Court on Prevention of Money Laundering was busy with a bar council election.
Siddique Kappan was arrested in October 2021 while on way to Hathras to report on the alleged gang rape and death of a 20-year-old woman from Scheduled Castes, which triggered outrage across the country. The police said he was going there to create unrest.
He was accused of sedition and charged under the stringent anti-terror law UAPA. In February 2022, the Enforcement Directorate filed money laundering case against him, accusing him of receiving money from the banned People's Front of India.