Arnab Goswami
No interim relief for Arnab Goswami arrested in 2018 suicide case
Mumbai/IBNS: The Bombay High Court on Thursday ruled that no interim relief will be given to Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami in connection with his arrest in a 2018 abetment to a suicide case of an architect and his mother.
The court said it would hear the matter "in detail" on Friday and the two-member bench denied Goswami's request for interim bail.
Goswami had filed a habeas corpus petition over his "illegal" arrest on Wednesday, seeking the court to quash the case against him and revoke his arrest.
The senior journalist has been arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 53-year old interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother couple of years ago in Maharashtra, a state ruled by an opposition party.
An Alibaug court had earlier rejected Goswami's charge that he was physically assaulted by police while being arrested and also police's demand for a 14-day custody.
The Bombay HC's order means Goswami will have to stay in jail for at least another day.
Goswami has been having a bitter tussle with the Maharashtra government and police since the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
Republic TV had questioned the handling of Rajput's death, which was later cleared of having a foul play by All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS).
The English news channel had a faceoff with Mumbai Police after Goswami's channel was alleged to have fudged television ratings.
Following the arrest in connection with the two-year-old case, several Union Ministers and ruling BJP leaders have blasted the Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress government in Maharashtra and called out the ruling dispensation for allegedly creating an emergency-like situation in the state.
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