A Kerala journalist and three others were arrested in Uttar Pradesh on Monday over alleged links to the Popular Front of India (PFI), an outfit the Yogi Adityanath-led UP government wants banned. Uttar Pradesh police said the four people were in a car when they were stopped and arrested. The Kerala Union of Working Journalists has written to CM Adityanath, asking for Kappan’s immediate release, saying he was trying to do his duty as a reporter. “We understand that he was taken into police custody by Uttar Pradesh police from Hathras toll plaza. Our efforts and the efforts by some advocates based in Delhi to contact him were not successful.

Source: Huffington Post October 06, 2020 06:11 UTC