Goswami who was sent to 14 days judicial custody by an Alibaug court, wants the charges repeal and questioned his ‘illegal arrest’ by Maharashtra Police on November 4 in connection with the case.

A division bench of Justice SS Shinde and Justice M S Karnik is likely to hold a hearing at 3pm.

The case pertains to the death of interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother Kumud Naik at their bungalow in Alibaug in May 2018. The officials said the duo died by suicide over alleged non-payment of dues by Goswami’s television channel.

Mr Goswami was arrested on November 4 from his residence at Lower Parel in Mumbai for allegedly abeting the suicide of the interior designer. He was later produced before a magistrate’s court in Alibaug which remanded him in judicial custody till November 18.

Arnab Goswami is currently kept at a local school which has been turned into COVID-19 center for the Alibaug prison.

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According to reports, Arnab was arrested under section 306, which is the abetment of suicide, in connection with the death of Anvay Naik, an interior designer, and his mother Kumud Naik in 2018.

Republic TV reports state that Arnab was brutally manhandled by the police officials. Arnab Goswami, during the time of the arrest, told the media that the police officers have assaulted his teenage son as well.

Republic TV also alleged that police reached Arnab Goswami’s house without any summons. They also claimed that journalists were denied entry, as the police forcefully sealed all entry and exit points. In the meantime, the central government has condemned the attack and arrest of Arnab.

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It was around a few days back that the Mumbai Police named Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV among two other television channels for allegedly manipulating TRP ratings and using it to spread fake narratives, thus using it to generate revenues from advertisements. As the Mumbai Police started a probe against the television channel, Republic TV challenged the decision of the police at the Supreme Court.

However, on Thursday, the Supreme Court refused to admit Republic TV’s petition and made it clear that the channel should initially approach the High Court.

“You have already filed a petition in the High Court. Entertaining this petition without high court sends a message that we don’t have faith in high courts. Like any other citizens faces predicament of probe under Cr.P.C (Criminal Procedure Code) must go to the High Court,” said the top court after refusing to hear the plea of Republic TV.

The top court’s bench comprised of Justice D Y Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee observed that the High Court has been working regularly, amid the coronavirus outbreak, and the channel should approach the High Court in the state like ‘any other ordinary citizen’ before moving the plea to the supreme court.

Senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for the media house revealed that the petition has been withdrawn to move High Court.

In the meantime, in an affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court claimed that Republic TV is abusing law of the land, and is intimidating witnesses.

“Arnab Goswami (Republic TV’s editor-in-chief) is holding programs where this case is debated at length and contacting witnesses and interfering and intimidating the witnesses. Freedom of speech right cannot be invoked into an alleged crime. Right under Article 19(1) freedom of speech cannot be a shield against probe,” Mumbai Police said in the affidavit.

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Recently, Anubhav Sinha and actor Manoj Bajpayee attended the chat show to promote their music video, ‘Bambai Main Ka Ba’. During the show, Kiku Sharda and Krushna Abhishek participated in a parody sketch that made a section of social media users disappointed.

In the parody sketch, Kiku and Krushna mocked Republic TV journalist Arnab Gosawmi, and it is now receiving negative responses from all corners. In the video, the duo added parts where Arnab Goswami was seen calling up Salman Khan and asking about the drug nexus.

The skit soon went viral, and it literally irked fans of Arnab Goswami. Soon, many people, on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook urged netizens to ban the show, as they claimed that it has a clear political agenda. It should be noted that Arnab’s Republic channel has been trying their best to uncover the mysteries surrounding the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, and it has apparently irked several Bollywood biggies.

“They are promoting the show on the controversy. Arnab haters will watch & TRP will come. Clear political agenda to revive their film industry. The cheapest trick to mock death,” wrote Gaurav Mishra, a Twitter user.

“Making fun of #Arnab in the current scenario is utter foolishness. We all know @itsSSR was murdered & no news channel is supporting the fight except Republic & brought the dirt of Bollywood out. Making fun of him means making fun of SSR supporters,” wrote Ruby Mehra, another Twitter user.

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In a shocking development, Bollywood starlet Deepika Padukone has cropped up in the narcotics investigation case in Bollywood. Deepika’s name has now emerged in a Whatsapp chat where the actress can be seen asking for hash from a person named ‘K’. The Whatsapp chat has been accessed by the Republic channel, and in the chat, an actor who goes by the name ‘D’ can be seen chatting to ‘K’.

A news report published on the Republic channel’s online edition reveals that ‘D’ is actually Deepika Padukone, and ‘K’ could be most probably her manager Karishma Prakash. According to the latest updates, Karishma Prakash has been now summoned by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for questioning.

In the chat, Deepika Padukone asks K to get some ‘maal’. She also insists that she needs hash and not weed. K responds that the stuff will be handed over at Koko, which investigation officers believe is a hotel in Mumbai.

It was after the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput that NCB started probing the usage of drugs among Bollywood celebrities. Soon, they arrested Sushant’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty for having close ties with drug dealers.

Later, Kangana Ranaut claimed that several top stars in Bollywood are actually drug addicts. She also shockingly revealed that cocaine is the most favorite drug among Bollywood celebrities.

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was trying to blackout the Republic channel in the State by threatening cable operators, Arnab Goswami has alleged. He also claimed that Thackeray is not releasing the channel’s jailed reporter Anuj.

“Uddhav Thackeray, release my journalists. You have broken the law and we will not allow this illegality. You didn’t write the Constitution and you have no right to turn it upside down. Your party has sent letters to cable operators to illegally blackout Republic. You are allowing and approving a series of illegalities. Release my journalists immediately and perform your constitutional duty by arresting your party leaders who have been caught red-handed sending threats to cable operators,” said Arnab, in a statement issued by Republic channel.

Soon after Arnab’s allegations, Kangana Ranaut also joined the party and condemned Thackeray and the actions of his government. Kangana claimed that the Maharashtra government was torturing critics. She also questioned the Shiv Sena government’s intention behind trying to shut down the Republic channel.

Following the death of Bollywood star Sushant Singh Rajput, both Kangana Ranaut and Arnab Goswami had several times questioned the genuineness of the investigation Mumbai police have carried out. Soon, Shiv Sena leaders, including Sanjay Raut MP, urged Kangana to never visit Mumbai if she feels unsafe in the city.

As Kangana’s war with the Maharashtra government reached new heights, the BMC started demolishing the actress’ Manikarnika Films building. Kangana soon obtained a court order to stop the demolition and claimed that she has built the building legally.

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