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Lucknow: Kerala journalist Siddiqui Kappan has been released from jail today. Siddiqui Kappan has been released from jail a day after furnishing a bond in the court for bail. An officer informed about this.
It is to be known that Kappan and three others were arrested in October 2020 while they were on their way to Hathras, where a Dalit woman had allegedly died after being raped.
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Siddiqui was booked by the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). Subsequently, in February 2022, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a case against him for receiving funds from the banned People’s Front of India (PFI). While applying, a case of money laundering was also registered.
I have come out of jail after 28 months. I want to thank the media for supporting me. False allegations were put against me. I am happy to be out now: Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan pic.twitter.com/ggumEzfF7l
— ANI (@ANI) February 2, 2023
Talking to the media after being released from jail, Siddiqui Kappan said, ‘I have come out of jail after 28 months. I want to thank the media for supporting me. False allegations were leveled against me. I am happy to come out now.
