Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami was arrested Wednesday at his Mumbai home in connection with the suicide case of a mother-son duo in May 2018.
Hours after his arrest, Goswami alleged in court that the police personnel who came to arrest him attacked him, causing injuries to his hand, back and finger. He was then taken back to the Alibaug police, where a civil surgeon was asked to verify the claims. The accusations were later dismissed by the Alibaug court.
The case concerns the death of an interior designer Anvay Naik and her mother Kumud Naik. According to the police, Anvay had alleged in a suicide note that he and his mother were forced to end their lives because Goswami and two other people identified as Feroz Shaikh and Nitesh Sarda did not pay him fees worth 5.40 million. rupees. signatures, police said.
This is what we know so far about the case.
Officer who investigated the case in 2018 detained
Officer, who had previously investigated complicity in the suicide case in which journalist Arnab Goswami was arrested by police on Wednesday. He will face an investigation, police said according to the PTI news agency. The investigating officer had submitted a closure report, saying there was no evidence, PTI added.
New FIR against Arnab Goswami, wife for resisting police during arrest
Mumbai Police filed a new First Information Report (FIR) against Arnab Goswami, his wife and two other people on Wednesday night for resisting police officers who came to arrest him in the morning.
Sections 353, 504, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) were invoked in the new FIR.
The designer’s family thanks the Mumbai police for the arrest of Arnab Goswami
Anvay Naik’s wife and daughter, Akshata and Adnya, praised the decision of the Mumbai police to arrest the editor of Republic TV. “We cannot forget the year 2018. We want to thank the Maharashtra police for supporting a daughter from Maharashtra,” Akshata told reporters. “My husband in his suicide note had mentioned three names, but no action was taken against them. Arnab Goswami is behind my husband’s death and I ask every Indian not to help him. The action of the Maharashtra police is justice for us, ”he said.
Arnab Goswami denounces police aggression during arrest
Hours after his arrest when he was taken to the local court, he alleged that the police officers who came to his home attacked him while he was making the arrest. He was then sent back to the Alibaug Police Station, where a civil surgeon was asked to verify the claims. Subsequently, the court rejected Goswami’s accusations.
Arnab Goswami arrested
The editor-in-chief of Republic TV was arrested by the Mumbai police in connection with a case of incitement to suicide in 2018. The case, which was closed by the Raigad police in 2019, was reopened when the Maharashtra Minister of the Interior, Anil Deshmukh, ordered a new investigation based on a new complaint from Naik’s daughter, Adnya.
Shiv Sena and BJP are angered by Arnab Goswami’s arrest
While Maharashtra Interior Minister Anil Deshmukh said: “No one is above the law. The Maharashtra police will work according to the law ”and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut stated that the laws and due procedures were followed in the arrest of Goswami, many BJP leaders, including Union ministers, drew a parallel of the situation with the Emergency in 1975.
“The treatment of journalist Arnab Goswami is symbolic of the totalitarian tendency to weaken the fourth pillar of democracy and stifle the voice of protest,” Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said.
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