The Uttar Pradesh Government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that “shocking findings” have emerged in the investigation so far in the case in which Kerala-based scribe Siddique Kappan was arrested on his way to Hathras, where a young Dalit woman had died after allegedly being gang-raped.
Kappan claimed that he is working as a journalist in a Kerala-based daily but that newspaper was closed two years back, the state government told a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde.
“Investigation conducted so far has found some shocking findings,” Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the bench, which also comprised Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian.
The apex court, which was hearing a plea filed by Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) questioning Kappan’s arrest, asked the petitioner as to whether they would like to move the high court.