Centre should take note of Arnab Goswami’s purported chats: Anil Deshmukh

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Tuesday said the Centre should take note of the purported chats between Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and ex-Broadcast Audience Research Council head Partho Dasgupta in connection with Balakot air strike.

The matter is “serious” as it relates to the national security, Deshmukh told reporters here.

The minister’s remarks came after a Maharashtra Congress delegation met him here, seeking a probe into the matter and registration of a case if necessary, for allegedly “leaking sensitive and classified information” about national security.

The purported chats widely reported in media mentioned that Goswami was privy to the Balakot air strikes.