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Kappan, who was suspected to be linked to the radical group Popular Front of India (PFI), was arrested on October 5 when he was covering the aftermath of the gangrape-murder of a girl in Hathras village.
Television actor Nisha Sarang like the rest of the world is shaken by the second wave of COVID and even more by the gruesomeness of it.
Delhi-based Kappan, arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police last October, had contracted SARS-CoV-2 while being lodged in prison, and has been undergoing COVID-19 treatment in a Mathura hospital.
Kappan was arrested on way to Hathras following the death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman who was allegedly gang-raped on September 14, 2020 in a village in the district.
A bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and A S Bopanna was told by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for Uttar Pradesh government, that Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan has association with PFI, whose office bearers were found to be associated with banned Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).
There has been lot of discussion on the attitude of celebrities in the fields like cinema, sports and television to the multiple crisis faced by the citizens due to the COVID tsunami which has hit the country.
Kappan was arrested under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for trying to report on the rape and death of a Dalit girl in Hathras. He has been in custody since October 2020.
Kappan, arrested on October 5 last year while on the way to Hathras, is currently lodged in Medical College Hospital, Mathura, after he was found positive for COVID-19 on April 21.
If immediate corrective steps are not taken, it will result in his untimely death, she said in a letter.
Siddique Kappan was arrested with three others while they were on their way to Hathras to meet the family of a Dalit girl, who was allegedly gang-raped and murdered.