A police official mentioned a workforce of Alibaug police picked up Arnab Goswami from his house.
Mumbai:
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar has condemned the arrest of Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami as we speak for allegedly abetting suicide of a 53-year-old inside designer in 2018.
“We condemn the attack on press freedom in #Maharashtra. This is not the way to treat the Press. This reminds us of the emergency days when the press was treated like this,” Mr Javadekar tweeted.
We condemn the assault on press freedom in #Maharashtra. This isn’t the way in which to deal with the Press. This reminds us of the emergency days when the press was handled like this.@PIB_India@DDNewslive@republic
— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) November 4, 2020
A police official mentioned a workforce of Alibaug police picked up Mr Goswami from his residence. Mr Goswami, who was seen being pushed into the police van, claimed he was assaulted by police at his house, whereas being taken away.
In 2018, an architect and his mom dedicated suicide over alleged non-payment of dues by Goswamis Republic TV, the official mentioned.
In May this 12 months, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh had introduced {that a} re-investigation has been ordered on a contemporary grievance by Adnya Naik, daughter of the architect Anvay Naik.
Deshmukh had mentioned Adnya alleged that the Alibaug police had not investigated the alleged non-payment of dues from Goswami’s channel, which she claimed drove her father and grandmother to suicide in May 2018.
(With inputs from PTI)