Two MPs write to PM Modi over Kerala journalist booked under UAPA

Siddique Kappan (with cap), secretary of the Kerala Union of Operating Newshounds, and 3 others who have been held with him have been produced sooner than a court docket in Mathura on Wednesday. (PTI)

An afternoon after a Delhi-based journalist hailing from Kerala, who was once detained through UP police in conjunction with 3 others, was once booked underneath the UAPA, two MPs from the state Thursday wrote to PM Narendra Modi looking for his intervention to verify his free up.

Of their letters, Congress Lok Sabha MP from Chalakudy Benny Behanan and CPI’s Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam argued that UP police has flouted all pointers laid out through the Ideal Court docket referring to arrest with regards to Siddique Kappan, secretary of the Delhi unit of the Kerala Union of Operating Newshounds and who’s related to more than a few Malayalam information shops, together with web site azhimukham.com.

Mentioning that Kappan was once doing his accountability as a reporter, Behanan stated UP police has given a transparent message to the media that “purpose reporting may not be allowed within the state.” Viswam stated: “Freedom of press is a cornerstone of a wholesome democracy and arrest of a reputed senior journalist like Kappan on terror fees is an immediate assault in this freedom…”

Consistent with the FIR filed in Maant police station, Kappan, in conjunction with Campus Entrance of India office-bearers Atiq-ur-Rahman and Masood Ahmed, and a person known as Alam, have been booked for alleged “conspiracy at the back of their discuss with to Hathras”. The FIR alleged they have been seeking to invoke riots and threaten legislation and order and social team spirit.

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