GUWAHATI: The Maharashtra CID on Wednesday, November 4 detained Republic television editor Arnab Goswami from his house in connection with the death of interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother Kumud Naik in 2018.
"Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami arrested for allegedly abetting suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer," posted news agency PTI on Twitter.
The arrest comes at a times when TRP scam investigation against Goswami is going on in Mumbai.
This case goes back to 2018 when the 53-year-old interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother died by suicide in Alibaug in May 2018. A suicide note purportedly written by Anvay was found in which he said that Goswami and two others — Feroz Shaikh and Niteish Sarda —had not paid him Rs 5.40 crore which led to his financial constraints.
In 2018, the Alibaug police had filed a case of abetment to suicide but in 2019 the case was closed by Raigad Police.
In May 2020, Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh announced a fresh CID investigation into the case after Adnya Naik, daughter of Avnay Naik approached him and complained that the Alibaug police had not investigated the “non-payment of dues from Arnab Goswami’s Republic”.
