Mumbai Police Arrests Arnab Goswami For Allegedly Abetting To Suicide: Reports
Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami was arrested by Mumbai police on November 4, 2020, for allegedly abetting to the suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer,
Republic
TV
Editor-in-Chief
Arnab
Goswami
was
arrested
by
Mumbai
police
on
November
4,
2020,
for
allegedly
abetting
to
the
suicide
of
a
53-year-old
interior
designer,
as
revealed
by
the
police.
An
official
said
to
Republic
TV
a
team
of
Alibaug
police
had
picked
up
Goswami
from
his
residence
in
Mumbai
and
are
transporting
him
to
the
Raigad
station.
The
official
account
of
Republic
TV
has
shared
clips
of
the
arrest
on
Twitter,
which
shows
Goswami
being
pushed
into
the
police
van.
He
has
also
claimed
that
he
was
assaulted
by
police
at
his
home
while
being
taken
away.
Meanwhile,
the
report
has
also
alleged
that
20
policemen
with
guns
had
come
to
arrest
the
Editor-in-Chief,
and
was
taken
away
in
an
8
car
convey.
According
to
reports,
an
official
revealed
that
Arnab
was
arrested
for
a
case
filed
in
2018.
An
architect
and
his
mother
committed
suicide
over
alleged
non-payment
of
dues
by
Goswami's
Republic
TV.
In
May
2020,
Maharashtra
Home
Minister
Anil
Deshmukh
had
announced
that
a
re-investigation
has
been
ordered
after
a
fresh
complaint
was
filed
by
Adnya
Naik,
daughter
of
the
architect
Anvay
Naik.
Adnya
had
alleged
that
the
Alibaug
police
had
not
investigated
the
alleged
non-payment
of
dues
from
Goswami's
channel,
which
she
also
claimed
drove
her
father
and
grandmother
to
suicide
in
May
2018.
On
the
other
hand,
ANI
reported
that
the
Supreme
Court
has
set
a
hearing
on
November
6
for
a
plea
filed
by
journalist
Arnab
Goswami.
Arnab
in
the
plea
has
challenged
the
showcause
notice
by
the
Maharashtra
Legislative
Assembly,
for
initiation
of
breach
of
privilege
motion
against
him
for
reportage
related
to
the
case
of
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
death.
The
show-cause
notice
reportedly
had
been
issued
to
Goswami
for
making
certain
remarks
against
Maharashtra
Chief
Minister
Uddhav
Thackeray
in
his
news
debates
on
Rajput's
case.