STF seeks court docket permission for Siddique Kappan’s voice, writing samples

UTTAR PRADESH Police’s Special Task Force (STF) has approached an area court docket in Mathura, looking for permission to gather voice and handwriting samples of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, who was arrested final yr for alleged conspiracy to create disturbance in Hathras following the gangrape and homicide of a Dalit woman.
The STF claims to have retrieved a voice message from Kappan’s telephone, which is in Malayalam, despatched to a different particular person and it wanted Kappan’s voice pattern to research additional.
“Applications seeking permission to collect Kappan’s voice and handwriting samples have been moved in a local court of Mathura. The court is likely to take up petitions tomorrow [Thursday],” mentioned District Government Counsel, Mathura, Shivram Singh.
Kappan and three others – Atiq-ur-Rahman, Masood Ahmed and Alam – had been arrested in October final yr, after they had been on strategy to Hathras. The police claimed to have recovered six cellphones from their possession, which had been despatched to the Forensic Science Laboratory, Agra for examination. The of the cellphones, the police mentioned, belonged to Kappan.

According to the police, they lately obtained the report from the laboratory, which refers to a voice message in Malayalam despatched to an individual from Kappan’s cellphone. To confirm the voice, the STF wished to gather Kappan’s voice pattern for match. In its utility to court docket, the STF sought path to take Kappan to FSL, Lucknow for amassing the voice pattern.
They additionally sought permission to gather Kappan’s handwriting pattern as a result of throughout search of his residence in Delhi’s Jungpura, the police claimed to have discovered few handwritten paperwork in English. Some of the paperwork had been discovered to be questionable.

A senior STF official confirmed to have sought permission from the Mathura court docket to gather Kappan’s voice and handwriting samples.
Kappan and the opposite accused are presently lodged in Mathura jail.