Lucknow: A Lucknow court has refused to grant bail to controversial Kerala journalist Siddiqui Kappan in a money laundering case. Kappan was released on bail by the Supreme Court in September in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case, but Siddiqui could not get bail in a case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). In such a situation, Kappan will have to stay in jail for now.

It is noteworthy that journalist Kappan was charged under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) or the Anti-Terrorism Act. Kappan, a journalist by profession, was awaiting a bail order in a money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the central probe agency. The ED had registered a case against Kappan and others under money laundering in February 2021.

Journalist Kappan was arrested in October 2020. He was on his way to cover the rape and murder case of a Dalit girl in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. Police claimed that Kappan was associated with the banned radical Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) and was on his way to Hathras as part of a conspiracy to incite violence. The UP Police arrested him on 5 October 2020 at the toll plaza in Mathura. A case was registered against him under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).

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