Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami arrested in two-year-old abetment to suicide case

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Police has arrested Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami for allegedly abetting suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer two years ago.

A police team picked up Goswami from his Mumbai residence early Wednesday morning with television pictures showed him being pushed into a police van and taken to Alibaug where the case is registered. Police sources said a Mumbai crime branch team assisted their Alibaug counterparts in the city.

Republic TV in a press statement condemned the police action and claimed Goswami was physically assaulted. ” Goswami has been arrested under the grave section of 306 of the IPC, in a mocked-up case. It may be recalled that fake charges of suicide were levelled against Goswami in 2018.