While Goswami claimed that her son was abused, a policewoman filed a complaint with NM Joshi Marg police against the journalist, his wife Somyabrata Goswami, his son and others present in his house for mistreating public servants.
The name tag of Alibaug Deputy Superintendent Praveen Patil was ripped from his uniform, police said. The Alibaug magistrate said the medical report was submitted and on this basis there does not appear to be any mistreatment or Excessive force or assault. There was no material showing any assault or use of force by police, the court said.
A policeman said Alibaug Policemen he had requested the help of the Mumbai police as he anticipated “obstacles”. “We knew he would allege assault, so two of our members were told to videotape the incident, from when we entered his apartment until he got into the police van,” said an officer. Goswami was provided Y-plus security after he was attacked a few months ago.
The operation began at 6 a.m., with a team from the city’s criminal branch, led by Assistant Inspector Sachin Waze, as well as a special operations squad from the city police and the Alibaug team led by Patil that arrived at Goswami’s apartment. Goswami did not open the door after seeing the police on CCTV and kept asking why they had come. He was heard making calls in the period. When he opened the door, his wife started recording a video and said that the police were assaulting him. A journalist also tried to videotape what was happening.
At the FIR, inspector Sujata Tanavade He said that when the police officers detained Somyabrata from filming, she pushed the police officers, causing the tag with Patil’s name to fall off. Goswami began yelling at the police, they alleged, and asked his wife not to sign documents, leading to Somyabrata tearing up the papers she had signed. The policewoman alleged that Goswami threatened the police.
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