Plea in SC to shift journalist Kappan to AIIMS Delhi

April 22, 2021 23:54

The Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) on Thursday filed a habeas corpus writ petition before the Supreme Court seeking its immediate direction to transfer journalist Sidhique Kappan from a Mathura hospital to AIIMS Delhi due to his health condition.

The petition said that Kappan is presently in KM Medical College, Mathura, but his life is in danger due to medical conditions, and he is in need of immediate shifting to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, for better treatment.

The petition said Kappan is a diabetic with high blood pressure and cholesterol for the last more than 15 years.

"It is reliably believed that more than 50 inmates of Mathura jail are infected with Covid," the petition claimed. "In the jail, there is no hygiene, no clean drinking water, all leading to a major disaster in the making. In short, as of today, the life of Kappan is in danger," the petition claimed.

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