Produce Siddique Kappanâs medical records, SC tells UP government
The Kerala journalist, arrested on his way to report on the Hathras rape and murder and jailed, is being treated for Covid in a Mathura hospital.
27 Apr, 2021
The Supreme Court today asked the Uttar Pradesh government for medical records of journalist Siddique Kappan, who recently contracted coronavirus in jail and is now admitted in a Mathura hospital.
Kappan was on his way to report on the
gangrape and murder of a Dalit girl by four upper caste Thakur men in Hathras in October 2020 when he was arrested. He was subsequently booked under the anti-terror law UAPA as well as sedition.
SC asks U P govt to submit medical records of Kappan
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He is chained to his bed : Kerala CM asks Adityanath to shift Siddique Kappan to better hospital
Eleven Kerala MPs also wrote to Chief Justice NV Ramana asking for an urgent hearing in the matter.
26 Apr, 2021
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has requested the intervention of his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Adityanath in the treatment of jailed journalist Siddique Kappan.
Kappan is facing severe health problems , diabetes and heart ailments , Vijayan wrote yesterday. After getting infected with Covid-19, he has been admitted to KVM Hospital, Mathura. He is reportedly being kept chained to his bed even when his health condition is precarious.