{"id":328316,"date":"2020-11-04T06:03:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T06:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=328316"},"modified":"2020-11-04T06:03:05","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T06:03:05","slug":"republic-tv-editor-arnab-goswami-arrested-in-2018-suicide-abetment-case-ministers-editors-guild-condemn-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/republic-tv-editor-arnab-goswami-arrested-in-2018-suicide-abetment-case-ministers-editors-guild-condemn-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Republic TV Editor Arnab Goswami arrested in 2018 suicide abetment case, Ministers, Editors Guild condemn arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-328319 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Arnab.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/11\/Arnab.jpg 396w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/11\/Arnab-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/11\/Arnab-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/>Republic TV Editor Arnab Goswami was arrested on Wednesday by Mumbai Police in connection with an old abetment to suicide case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He was arrested for allegedly abetting suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer and his mother in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to the reports, Goswami claimed that he was manhandled and assaulted by Mumbai police while trying to arrest him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Several ministers have condemned the arrest. Union Minister for Information and Broadcast\u00a0Prakash Javadekar\u00a0said the\u00a0incident is a reminder of the \u201cemergency days.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWe 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,\u201d Prakash Javadekar tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, \u201cCongress and its allies have shamed democracy once again. Blatant misuse of state power against Republic TV &amp; 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.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Union Minister Smriti Irani said, \u201cThose in the free press who don\u2019t stand up today in support of Arnab, you are now tactically in support of fascism. You may not like him, you may not approve of him, you may despise his very existence but if you stay silent you support suppression. Who speaks if you are next ?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The\u00a0Editors Guild of India\u00a0in a statement said it was shocked to learn about the arrest of Arnab Goswami in the early hours of Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWe condemn the\u00a0sudden arrest and find it extremely distressing,\u201d the statement said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe Guild calls upon the Chief Minister of Maharashtra to ensure that Goswami is treated fairly and state power is not used against critical reporting by the media,\u201d it said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republic TV Editor Arnab Goswami was arrested on Wednesday by Mumbai Police in connection with an old abetment to suicide case. He was arrested for allegedly abetting suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer and his mother in 2018. According to the reports, Goswami claimed that he was manhandled and assaulted by Mumbai police while trying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":328319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2100,1801,2014,2026],"tags":[13668,13669,6753],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328320,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328316\/revisions\/328320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/328319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}