Arnab Goswami arrested in 2018 suicide case of interior designer

Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami was arrested on Wednesday (November 4) by Mumbai Police for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer, a police official said. Goswami was picked up by a team of Alibaug police from his residence.

Goswami, who was seen being pushed into the police van, claimed that he was assaulted by the police at his home, while being taken away.

#WATCH Republic TV Editor Arnab Goswami detained and taken in a police van by Mumbai Police, earlier today pic.twitter.com/ytYAnpauG0

— ANI (@ANI) November 4, 2020

In 2018, an architect and his mother committed suicide over alleged non-payment of dues by Goswami’s Republic TV, the official said.

This May, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh had announced that a re-investigation has been ordered on a fresh complaint by Adnya Naik, daughter of architect Anvay Naik.

Deshmukh had said 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 agencies)