By: Shree1news, 04 NOV 2020
Arnab Goswami, who was seen being pushed into the police van, claimed that he was assaulted by police at his residence, whereas being taken away. He stated his son was overwhelmed and his in-laws have been pushed apart.
The Mumbai Police on Wednesday morning arrested Arnab Goswami, Editor of the Republic TV, in an abetment to suicide case. Police this morning arrested Goswami from his residence in Mumbai for allegedly abetting suicide of a 53-year-old inside designer, a police official stated.
A crew of Raigad Police together with Mumbai Police picked up Goswami from his residence Mumbai.
A senior police officer and encounter specialist Sachin Vaze stated that Goswami was arrested within the abetment to suicide case of 2018, which had been closed earlier and has now been reopened.
Goswami, who was seen being pushed into the police van, claimed that he was assaulted by police at his residence, whereas being taken away. He stated his son was overwhelmed and his in-laws have been pushed apart.
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar tweeted, “We condemn the assault on press freedom in Maharashtra.”
“This isn’t the best way to deal with the Press. This reminds us of the emergency days when the press was handled like this,” he stated.
Responding to questions on his arrest, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut stated, “The legislation is adopted in Maharashtra. Police can take motion if they’ve proof towards anybody. For the reason that formation of Thackeray authorities, no motion has been taken towards anybody for revenge.”
What’s the 2018 abetment to suicide case?
In 2018, Anvay Naik, a 53-year-old architect and his mom Kumud Naik dedicated suicide at their Alibag bungalow over alleged non-payment of dues by Goswamis Republic TV. In his suicide observe, Naik had blamed Arnab Goswami, Firoz Sheikh and Neetish Sarda for taking this deadly step. Naik wrote he wasn’t given his remuneration of Rs 5.40 cr due to which he was burdened underneath heavy debt.
Anvay Naik was the Managing Director of Harmony Design Personal Restricted Firm. Anvay’s mom, Kumud Naik, was additionally on the board of administrators on the firm. Harmony Design Personal Restricted Firm designed Republic TV’s studio and workplace. In line with the spouse of Anvay Naik, Republic TV didn’t pay the payments . In line with Anvay’s suicide observe, as a consequence of non-payment of Rs 5 crore 40 lakh, he suffered monetary loss and was in extreme debt. Then again, Republic TV made it clear that there have been no dues from their finish.
After this suicide, Alibag police had registered a case of abetment to suicide of the suicide observe and criticism of Anvay’s spouse. As a result of lack of ample proof and information not discovered within the prices, the Raigad police had filed a closure report which was accepted by the court docket.
Nevertheless, in Might this 12 months, Maharashtra Dwelling Minister Anil Deshmukh had introduced {that a} re-investigation has been ordered on a contemporary criticism by Adnya Naik, daughter of the architect Anvay Naik.
Deshmukh had stated Adnya alleged that the Alibaug police had not investigated the alleged non-payment of dues from Goswami’s channel, which she claimed drove her father and grandmother to suicide in Might 2018.
Source: A-N