Arnab Goswami, Republic TV Editor-in-Chief, arrested: Here’s how netizens reacted
Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami was arrested by Mumbai Police on Wednesday (November 4) morning. According to Mumbai Police Arnab has been arrested in reference to an previous abetment to suicide case.
The senior journalist has been arrested for allegedly abetting suicide of a 53-year-old inside designer. A Mumbai Police official stated that an architect and his mom dedicated suicide in 2018 over alleged non-payment of dues by Republic TV.
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar condemned the arrest of Arnab Goswami and tweeted, “We 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.”
Several netizens additionally condemned Mumbai Police’s transfer to arrest Arnab Goswami with many taking to Twitter to vent their anger.
As disgraceful because the assault & arrest of #ArnabGoswami is (on a beforehand closed 2018 case), the cowardly — certainly complicit — silence of different media homes is equally condemnable. They will likely be held to account the place it issues by their viewers & readers
— Minhaz Merchant (@MinhazMerchant) November 4, 2020
I’m heading to Mumbai to face with my brother #ArnabGoswami. This is a black day for India’s democracy. This is a black day for India’s free speech. We do not want the psudos of the world , I request individuals of India to face tall with #Arnab. Emergency in Mh. #justiceforArnab
— Pradeep Bhandari(प्रदीप भंडारी) (@pradip103) November 4, 2020
Must say this at present. #ArnabGoswami and Sameet Thakkar episode ought to educate an vital lesson to those that communicate out towards jihadi-commie-‘liberal’ ecosystem: You are fully by yourself.
No social gathering, politician, or media will come to your assist whenever you want them.— Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) November 4, 2020
This is stunning @MumbaiPolice have handled Ajmal Kasab with way more respect than they’re treating @thakkar_sameet and #ArnabGoswami and I don’t know what @BJP4India is doing on the again finish, however the notion battle is misplaced. @AmitShah @JPNadda @Sunil_Deodhar @blsanthosh.
— Shefali Vaidya. (@ShefVaidya) November 4, 2020
Arnab Goswami raised his voice to deliver justice to the saints of Palghar.
I’m with #ArnabGoswami
— Yogi Balaknath (@MahantBalaknath) November 4, 2020
Arnab Goswami claimed that Mumbai Police bodily assaulted him whereas making an attempt to arrest him.
Live TV
Republic TV reported round 10 policemen entered Arnab’s home and “pushed and heckled Arnab demanding he come out”.
$(function() { return $("[data-sticky_column]").stick_in_parent({ parent: "[data-sticky_parent]" }); });
reset_scroll = function() { var scroller; scroller = $("body,html"); scroller.stop(true); if ($(window).scrollTop() !== 0) { scroller.animate({ scrollTop: 0 }, "fast"); } return scroller; };
window.scroll_it = function() { var max; max = $(document).height() - $(window).height(); return reset_scroll().animate({ scrollTop: max }, max * 3).delay(100).animate({ scrollTop: 0 }, max * 3); };
window.scroll_it_wobble = function() { var max, third; max = $(document).height() - $(window).height(); third = Math.floor(max / 3); return reset_scroll().animate({ scrollTop: third * 2 }, max * 3).delay(100).animate({ scrollTop: third }, max * 3).delay(100).animate({ scrollTop: max }, max * 3).delay(100).animate({ scrollTop: 0 }, max * 3); };
$(window).on("resize", (function(_this) { return function(e) { return $(document.body).trigger("sticky_kit:recalc"); }; })(this));
}).call(this);
} on_load_google_ad(); function sendAdserverRequest() { try { if (pbjs && pbjs.adserverRequestSent) return; googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.pubads().refresh(); }); } catch (e) {
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.pubads().refresh(); }); } } setTimeout(function() { sendAdserverRequest(); }, 5000);
function on_load_fb_twitter_widgets(){ (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));
window.twttr = (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], t = window.twttr || {}; if (d.getElementById(id)) return t; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); t._e = []; t.ready = function(f) {
t._e.push(f); }; return t; }(document, "script", "twitter-wjs")); }
//setTimeout(function() { on_load_google_ad(); }, 5000); setTimeout(function() { on_load_fb_twitter_widgets(); }, 5000);
Source