Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami has been sent to 14-day judicial custody till November 18 by a court at Alibaug in Maharashtra, following his arrest on Wednesday morning in a two-year-old suicide abetment case.
The Republic TV editor was presented before the Magistrate court on Wednesday around 5:30 pm, and after hearing a nearly six hours, he was taken into judicial custody. The court reportedly turned down the plea for a police custody.
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Meanwhile, the Mumbai Police registered another FIR on Wednesday against Goswami, his wife Samyabrata Goswami, son and two others for allegedly obstructing and assaulting female police officials during the time of his arrest.
The FIR was lodged by a Mumbai Police female constable SG Tanvade under Sections 353 (deterring public servant from discharging duty), 504 and 506 (provoking breach of peace) of the Indian Penal Code and under provisions of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.
Earlier in the day, a team of Mumbai Police arrested the Republic TV’s Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami in alleged connection with an old abetment to suicide case.
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It is alleged that Goswami had abetted the suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer. According to officials of Mumbai Police, an architect and his mother committed suicide in Alibaug over alleged non-payment of dues by the channel Republic TV in 2018.
The FIR in the case says that Arnab Goswami of ARG Outlier, owner of Republic TV, had allegedly pending dues of Rs 83 lakh for the Bombay Dyeing Studio Project, and Feroz Shaikh had pending dues worth Rs 4 Crore for a project in Andheri.
Similarly, Niteish Sarda of Smart Work had allegedly pending dues of Rs 55 lakh for his projects at Magarputta and Baner in Pune.
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