: Journalist Siddique Kappan gets bail in money laundering case #IndiaNEWS The Allahabad High Court on Friday granted bail to journalist Siddique Kappan on Friday in a money laundering case lodged by

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Journalist Siddique Kappan gets bail in money laundering case #IndiaNEWS
The Allahabad High Court on Friday granted bail to journalist Siddique Kappan on Friday in a money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate, Live Law reported. Kappan was arrested on October 5, 2020, along with three other men while they were travelling to Hathras, where a Dalit woman was gangraped and killed by four upper-caste Thakur men on September 14, 2020.The police first accused Kappan of intending to start a caste-based riot and create communal disharmony. Subsequently, sedition charges and provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act were added.In February 2021, the Enforcement Directorate, which investigates financial crimes, filed a case against him under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The central agency had claimed that Kappan and three others had received money from the now-banned Popular Front of India to “incite riots???.On September 9, the Supreme Court had granted bail to Kappan in the UAPA case. However, he continued to remain in jail as a Lucknow court had denied him bail in the money laundering case on October 31....Read more

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