Arnab Goswami arrested for allegedly encouraging suicide of interior designer, police say: PTI news agency
Police arrested Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami on Wednesday for allegedly encouraging the suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer, a police official said.
The official said an Alibaug police team picked up Goswami from his residence here. Goswami, who was seen being pushed into the police van, said he was assaulted by police at his home as he was taken away.
In 2018, an architect and his mother committed suicide over alleged non-payment of dues by Goswamis Republic TV, the official said.
In May this year, Maharashtra’s Interior Minister Anil Deshmukh announced that a new investigation had been ordered into a new complaint filed by Adnya Naik, daughter of architect Anvay Naik.
Deshmukh said Adnya alleged that Alibaug police failed to investigate the alleged non-payment of dues by the Goswami channel, which she said drove her father and grandmother to suicide in May. 2018.
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