Journalist Siddique Kappan exits the UP jail after 28 months after a long fight

In October 2020, Siddique Kappan and three other people were detained as they travelled to Hathras, where a Dalit lady supposedly died from rape.

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Journalist Siddique Kappan exits the UP jail after 28 months after a long fight

Journalist Siddique Kappan was released from a Lucknow jail on Thursday morning, more than two years after he was detained by the Uttar Pradesh Police while en route to the Hathras home of a young Dalit lady who had died following an alleged gangrape.

Kappan was released on Thursday at 8.30 am, Lucknow Senior Jail Superintendent Ashish Tiwari confirmed to The Indian Express. He was released after all of his paperwork was finished, according to Tiwari.

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