MUMBAI: Indian Police arrested firebrand television news anchor ArnabGoswami on charges of abetment to suicide of two people.
A police team arrested Republic TV founder Goswami from his residence inMumbai’s Worli neighborhood. The case pertains to the deaths by suicide of53-year-old interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother in 2018.
Defending the arrest of Goswami, Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukhsaid that no one was above the law.
High drama followed the arrest of the TV presenter when police reached hisresidence to arrest him. Goswami and his wife took almost an hour to openthe door, a police official said.
“Arnab and his wife Samyabrata refused to open the door for nearly an hourdespite us telling them that we have come to arrest him in the Alibaugcase. We had deputed a policeman to video record the entire sequence ofevents to avoid any allegations,” a media report quoted a police officer assaying that.
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When Arnab opened the door, his wife started video recording and allegedthat the police assaulted him. His wife also tore the notice for intimationof the arrest.
India’s Home Minister Amit Shah tweeted, “Blatant misuse of state poweragainst Republic TV and Arnab Goswami is an attack on individual freedomand the fourth pillar of democracy.” “This attack on free press must be andwill be opposed.”
Railway Minister, Piyush Goyal, called his arrest a fascist move and a signof undeclared emergency. “We must all stand up against this attack onIndia’s democracy,” Goyal tweeted.
