As per reports, Arnab is arrested in a 2018 abetment to suicide case that was already closed.
Naik, a 53-year-old interior designer, and his mother Kumud Naik had died by suicide in May 2018. A suicide note purportedly written by Naik claimed that Goswami and two others owed him Rs 5.4 crore and had refused to pay it back, forcing him to take the extreme step.
The monetary transaction had taken place during the construction of Republic TV studio. When Naik's mother learned about Naik's death, she too killed herself.
The Times of India had then reported Arnab Goswami had allegedly not paid Rs 83 lakh for a design project of a studio.
However, Goswami was investigated and case was closed by court after a closure report was filed by the Police.
The Alibaug police had registered a case of abetment to suicide the same month. However, Goswami was investigated and case was closed by court after a closure report was filed by the Raigad Police in 2019.
But in May this year the Maharashtra government ordered a fresh investigation into the case against Goswami and two others by the state Criminal Investigation Department.
On Wednesday, a team of Mumbai Police reached the residence of Republic TV chief Arnab Goswami and physically dragged him. He was reportedly physically assaulted and grabbed by the hair.
After assaulting him, the Mumbai Police detained Arnab Goswami and reportedly dragged him to the Raigad police station for questioning him.
#IndiaWithArnab | Arnab Goswami physically manhandled by Mumbai Police team inside his residence on #LIVE TV https://t.co/jghcajZuXf pic.twitter.com/foTqOpsOE4
— Republic (@republic) November 4, 2020
In a shocking act, Arnab Goswami was physically manhandled by Mumbai Police team inside his residence.
A large contingent of Mumbai Police was seen present at Goswami's residence on Wednesday morning. In the below video, it can be seen how officials of the Mumbai Police were manhandling the Republic TV chief.
Reportedly, the Mumbai Police has not produced any documents, summons or court papers as they reached Arnab Goswami's residence as they tried to arrest him. The Mumbai Police team also blocked Republic Media Network's reporters from entering Arnab's residence and have sealed all entry and exit points.
The raid against Arnab Goswami's residence incidentally comes just a day after the Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh had called Arnab 'the biggest hawala' operator in the city of Mumbai.
