There was widespread outrage over the death of a young lady who had suffered alleged rape over two years ago and a journalist from Kerala named Siddique Kappan was imprisoned in Uttar Pradesh for investigating the alleged rape of the girl – and in the process was jailed for more than two years. His prison term had been extended for over a month since he had been granted bail in both cases which had been brought against him.

There was widespread outrage over the death of a young lady who had suffered alleged rape over two years ago and a journalist from Kerala named Siddique Kappan was imprisoned in Uttar Pradesh for investigating the alleged rape of the girl – and in the process was jailed for more than two years. His prison term had been extended for over a month since he had been granted bail in both cases which had been brought against him.