Wife of arrested Kerala scribe Kappan writes to CJI, seeks his release
The Hindu
Kappan was arrested on October 5 last year while on the way to Hathras.
The wife of Siddique Kappan, a journalist from Kerala who was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police while on his way to Hathras, has written to Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana seeking his immediate release from a hospital, alleging he is “chained like an animal in a cot” there. Kappan, while on the way to Hathras which was home to a young Dalit woman who died after being gang-raped allegedly by four upper-caste men, is currently lodged in Medical College Hospital, Mathura, after he was found positive for COVID-19 on April 21.More Related News
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