[Breaking] Maharashtra Police Arrests Republic TV Editor Arnab Goswami In Abetment To Suicide Case

The Maharashtra police has arrested Arnab Goswami, the Editor-in-Chief of the Republic TV, for allegedly abetting suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer, reported the PTI.

He has been arrested in a case which has now been re-opened after being closed earlier, reported the Republic TV.

The cops entered the residence of Goswami on Wednesday morning and took him into custody. Goswami claimed that the police assaulted him physically.

As per latest reports, he is being taken to Raigad police station, where the FIR has been registered.

He was arrested in a case registered by Raigad police in 2018 for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 52-year old interior designer named Anvay Naik and his mother Kumud Naik.

It is alleged that Anvay Naik left a suicide note written in English stating that he and his mother decided to take the extreme step on account of payments due to them not being cleared by the owners of three companies – television journalist Arnab Goswami of Republic TV, Feroz Shaikh of IcastX/Skimedia and Niteish Sarda of Smartworks.

Naik said in his suicide note that his company had executed interior works for Republic TV and an amount of Rs 83 lakh was due from Goswami and ARG Outlier Meida Pvt Ltd (parent company of Republic TV).

The Raigad police had closed the case in April 2019 saying that they did not find evidence against the accused named in the suicide note, including Goswami.

However, in May this year, Anvay's daughter approached the Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh seeking the case be reopened.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh had tweeted in May, "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 grandma to suicide in May 2018. I've ordered a CID re-investigation of the case."