MUMBAI: Popular TV journalist and Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami was arrested by Mumbai Police on Wednesday in an old suicide abetment case which has been already closed by the court.
“Fabricated lies about how ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd (‘ARG’) owes money to Mrs. Akshata Naik, the wife of deceased architect Anvay Naik were spread in May, 2020. Today, Arnab Goswami’s arrest in the related suicide case has been made as part of a larger vindictive exercise against an independent journalist and an independent news organization,” said Republic Media Network in a statement.
The Anvay Naik suicide case was investigated and closed by a court of law after a closure report by the police noted that no case was made out in April, 2019.
The Raigad Police had done a full investigation into the case, recorded Arnab Goswami’s statement and found no proof of any illegality. The DYSP Alibag, Division Alibag filed a closure report before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Raigad and the same was granted on 16 April, 2019.
“It is shocking that a case that was decisively closed has been reopened with the sole purpose of misusing power, concocting facts and forcefully arresting Arnab Goswami in a prima facie act of revenge and vengeance for his news coverage which questioned those in power in the state of Maharashtra,” Republic Media Network said.
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