Vittala Malekudiya and his father were booked under UAPA for possessing a book on Bhagat Singh and newspaper clippingsAdditional district and sessions judge B.B. A journalist in Karnataka and his father were acquitted in a terror case on Thursday, nine years after they were arrested and accused of being Maoist sympathisers for possessing a book on Bhagat Singh and newspaper clippings. The police had seized a Kannada translation of journalist Kuldip Nayar’s book on Bhagat Singh from their home along with what the prosecution called “Maoist literature” but turned out to be newspaper clippings. The court ruled that it isn’t illegal to possess a book on Bhagat Singh or newspaper clippings even if there is “instigative publication in the newspaper”. 6 and 7 (Vittala and Lingappa) are engaged in Naxal activities or they were concealing or harbouring accused No.

Source: The Telegraph October 23, 2021 03:40 UTC