The editor-in-chief of Republic TV Arnab Goswami has been sent to judicial custody for two weeks.
Earlier today, the Raigad police arrested Goswami from his residence in a raid. He was arrested for allegedly abetting suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer in 2018.
Arnab has alleged that he along with his mother-in-law, father-in-law and son were physically assaulted when the police raided his residence.
Soon after his arrest Union Home Minister Amit Shah condemned the arrest and termed it as a "blatant misuse" of state power, saying that it "reminds us of the emergency".
"Congress and its allies have shamed democracy once again. Blatant misuse of state power against Republic TV & Arnab Goswami is an attack on individual freedom and the 4th pillar of democracy. It reminds us of the Emergency. This attack on free press must be and WILL BE OPPOSED," Shah tweeted.
Goswami had earlier been booked in two cases related to his alleged provocative remarks and defaming Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi in a television debate on Palghar mob lynching incident and Bandra station crowding incident report at NM Joshi Marg police station and Pydhonie police station respectively.
The two cases were registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) including provocation with intent to cause riots, defamation, statements creating or promoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes, criminal intimidation, and criminal conspiracy.
On June 30, the Bombay High Court stayed two FIRs registered against Goswami.
The Supreme Court, on October 26, adjourned for two weeks the hearing on an appeal filed by the Maharashtra government challenging the Bombay High Court order, which stayed the investigation against Arnab Goswami in connection with his alleged comments on his show over the Palghar lynching case.
