The Supreme Court Monday granted 5-day bail to journalist Siddique Kappan, arrested on his way to Hathras where a young Dalit woman had died after being allegedly gang-raped, to visit his ailing mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, however, said that during his visit he shall not give any interview to the media, including social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bench, also comprising Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, said that Siddique will not meet members of the public except his relatives and doctors concerned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It said Siddique will be escorted by a team of Uttar Pradesh police officers and police at Kerala will cooperate with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kappan was arrested on October 5, 2020 while he was on his way to Hathras, home to the 19-year-old Dalit woman who died after being allegedly gang-raped by four upper-caste men on September 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her cremation at night by the authorities, allegedly without the parents’ consent, had triggered widespread outrage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The police had said it has arrested four people having alleged links with the PFI in Mathura and identified the arrested persons as Siddique from Malappuram, Atiq-ur Rehman from Muzaffarnagar, Masood Ahmed from Bahraich and Alam from Rampur.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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