Jailed Indian journalist gets bail almost two years after arrest

A journalist who has been in jail for nearly two years for trying to meet the family of a young Dalit woman allegedly gang-raped in Hathras in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) has been granted bail.

The supreme court of India issued the bail order to Siddique Kappan, 43, a Delhi-based Muslim freelance journalist, on Friday. He must be released within three days, the order said.

The alleged rapists beat up the teenager when she resisted and she died because of the injuries she…