Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami was moved to Taloja jail after he was allegedly found using a mobile phone while in judicial custody at a local school designated as Covid-19 centre for Alibaug prison in Raigad district. The Raigad crime branch found that Arnab Goswami was active on social media by using somebody’s mobile phone, despite his personal mobile phone having been seized by police when he was taken into custody.While being escorted to Taloja jail, Arnab Goswami shouted from the police van, alleging that he was assaulted by Alibaug jailer on Saturday evening, his life was in danger and he was not allowed to speak to his lawyer.Meanwhile, former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya in a tweet said he met jailer of the Taloja prison on Sunday and the latter assured him that Arnab Goswami will not be harassed and he will also be provided required medical treatment.
Arnab Goswami and two others , Feroze Shaikh and Nitish Sarda were arrested by Alibaug police on November 4 in connection with the suicide of architect-interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother in 2018 over alleged non-payment of dues by companies of the accused. After his arrest from his Lower Parel residence in Mumbai, Goswami was taken to Alibaug, where the Chief Judicial Magistrate remanded him and the two others in judicial custody till November 18.Goswami was then kept at a local school which has been designated as a COVID-19 centre for the Alibaug prison.The Bombay High Court will on Monday pronounce its order on the interim bail application filed by Goswami and the two others in connection with the abetment of suicide case.
