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There was no immediate relief for Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, arrested in a 2018 abetment of suicide case, on Friday as the hearing on his interim bail plea before the Bombay High Court remained incomplete.
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A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and M S Karnik said they would continue the hearing on Saturday because of lack of time.
“We will assemble for this matter specially tomorrow noon,” the court said.
Goswami was arrested from his residence in Mumbai on Wednesday and taken to Alibaug, where a case has been registered against him for alleged abetment of suicide of architect Anvay Naik and his mother over non-payment of dues by Goswami’s firm.
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Goswami’s arrest is condemnable not just for the partisan role of the police but also for the larger threat to, and curtailment of, media freedomThe high-profile journalist has been remanded in judicial custody till November 18. Goswami is presently lodged in a school in Alibaug which is designated as a Covid-19 centre for the Alibaug jail.
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