A Mathura Court has rejected the bail plea of three men who were booked and arrested along with Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, while t...
A Mathura Court has rejected the bail plea of three men who were booked and arrested along with Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, while they were on their way to a village in Hathras last month, Live Law reported on Saturday.
Atif-ur-Rahman, Masood Ahmad and Mohammad Alam, along with Kappan, were illegally detained on October 5 while they were travelling to meet the family of the 19-year-old Dalit woman from Hathras who was gangraped by four Thakur men. A day later, the four of them were booked under sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and other provisions of the Indian Penal Code, including sedition.
Rehman is a student, Ahmad is an activist who is pursuing a PhD, and the third accused Alam, is a cab driver.
The Uttar Pradesh Police alleged that the four men are linked to the Popular Front of India, a Kerala-based organisation that the state government has sought to be banned for its alleged involvement in the violence during the protests against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act. The case registered against them relates to the alleged conspiracy to instigate riots along caste lines and defame the state government over the rape-and-murder case.
At a hearing on Friday, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mayur Jain rejected their bail applications, citing the “gravity of charges” against...
