AGRA: Kerala journalist
Siddique Kappan
, who has been in
Mathura
prison for more than six months on charges of sedition and terrorism, tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday.
Kappan has been shifted to a private medical college for treatment.
Confirming this, senior superintendent of Mathura prison Shailendra Maitrey, said that he was shifted to KM Medical College for Covid treatment on Wednesday.
Maitrey said that he fell inside the barrack last night and was shifted to prison hospital for treatment, where he tested positive for Covid-19. His condition is stable, he added.
However, two other prisoners— Atikur Rahman and Mohammad Aalam, who were with him in the same barrack, were found negative for the disease, said jail officials.
Kappan was arrested with three others— Masood Ahmad, Atikur Rahman, and Mohammad Aalam on October 5 while they were on their way to Hathras to meet the family of a dalit girl who was allegedly gang-raped and murdered.
Start a Conversation
Post comment