Arnab Goswami’s arrest: Congress slams BJP for ‘selective outrage’, says law will take own course

Hitting out at the BJP over its criticism of Arnab Goswami’s arrest in Mumbai, the Congress on Wednesday said its “selective outrage” on press freedom is “shameful” and the law will take its own course in the case against the Republic TV editor-in-chief. Goswami was arrested from his residence in Mumbai on Wednesday for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer.

Several Union ministers and senior BJP leaders have criticised the Congress over Goswami’s arrest and called it an “attack on freedom of press”. The Congress is part of the Shiv Sena-led coalition government in Maharashtra.