Top Indian news anchor Arnab Goswami arrested

One of India's top TV news anchors, Arnab Goswami, was arrested by police in Mumbai yesterday for alleged abetment of suicide in a case registered in 2018, his channel said in a statement. According to local media, the case related to the suicide of an interior designer who said he was owed money by Goswami's Republic TV. Republic showed footage of more than a dozen police officers entering Goswami's house and taking him away in a van. Republic, in the statement, said Goswami and his son were physically assaulted by the police and access to his legal team was denied. Goswami, known for chairing chaotic prime-time debates and widely seen as supportive of the BJP, has been in a tussle with the police in opposition-ruled Maharashtra this year.

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