Arnab Goswami Arrested by Mumbai Police

On Wednesday, The Maharashtra Police arrested Republic TV Editor-in-Chief

Arnab Goswami house in connection with the death of interior designer Anvay
Naik and his mother Kumud Naik in Alibaug in 2018.
“Arnab Goswami is currently being taken to Raigad. He shall be interrogated by
the investigating officer and the further course of action will be decided
accordingly,” Sanjay Mohite, IG Konkan Range said.
History of the case
In May 2018, Anvay Naik, an interior designer, along with his mother Kumud
Naik, was found dead at their bungalow in Alibaug. Anvay was found hanging
on the first floor of the bungalow while Kumud’s body was found on the ground
floor sofa,
The police said Anvay had committed suicide but the post mortem report of
Kumud indicated that she had been strangulated and did not commit suicide.
The police found a suicide note written in English in which Anvay said he and
his mother took the extreme step on account of payments of Rs 5.4 crore due to
them not being cleared by the owners of three companies including television
journalist Arnab Goswami of Republic TV.
Following that, the police registered an accidental death report and a case of
murder.
Closure and reopen
The case was reportedly closed by the Raigad police in 2019 saying that they
did not find evidence against the accused named in the suicide note, including
Goswami.
However, in May, after a fresh complaint by Adnya Naik, his daughter,
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh announced that the suicide will be
reinvestigated.
He tweeted “Adnya Naik had complained to me that Alibaug Police had not
investigated non-payment of dues from Arnab Goswami’s Republic, which
drove her entrepreneur father and grandmom to suicide in May 2018. I’ve
ordered a CID re-investigation of the case.”
Recent controversies of Mr. Goswami
Earlier Mr. Goswami has been in a row with the Mumbai Police over its
investigations into a ratings scam and allegations that Republic TV along with
five others was allegedly involved in making payments for boosting TRP's.
Republic has denied the accusation.
In recent months, he has been particularly critical of Mumbai police and
Maharashtra state government over their handling of the death of Bollywood
actor Sushant Singh Rajput. He often accused the Mumbai police of being
lenient in their investigation into the star's death.
Apart from this, two FIR’s were registered against Goswami for allegedly
communalising incidents like the gathering of migrants outside Bandra railway
station and the lynching of Sadhus in Palghar.
Remarks
Union Home Minister Amit Shah condemned the arrest by terming it as "blatant
misuse of state power" by Congress and its allies.
"Shades of the Emergency! The arrest of Arnab Goswami is an attack on the
freedom of press. Those who really believe in this freedom must speak up!" -
tweeted Foreign Minister S Jaishankar.
Prakash Javadekar tweeted "We condemn the attack on press freedom in
Maharashtra. This is not the way to treat the Press. This reminds us of the
emergency days when the press was treated like this,".
The Editors' Guild of India expressed shock. "We condemn the sudden arrest
and find it extremely distressing. The guild calls upon Maharashtra to ensure
that Goswami is treated fairly and state power is not used against critical
reporting by the media," the top media body said in a statement.
Senior Sena leader Sanjay Raut said “The law is followed in Maharashtra.
Police can take action if they have evidence against anyone. Since the formation
of the Uddhav Thackeray government, no action has been taken against anyone
for revenge,"

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