Indian TV anchor Arnab Goswami arrested on charge of abetting suicide in 2018

Editor of Indian news channel Republic TV Arnab Goswami has been arrested from his Mumbai residence on Wednesday morning by the Maharashtra police in connection with a 2018 suicide abetment case. The case is related to the deaths of interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother Kumud Naik, The Wire reported.

After Anvay and Kumud died by suicide in Alibaug in 2018, a suicide note was found in which Anvay alleged that Goswami and two others had not paid him IRs 54 million, creating serious financial difficulties for him. The Alibaug police had registered a case then, but it was closed in 2019 by the Raigad police, the Hindustan Times reported. A fresh probe was launched by Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in March, after Anvay’s daughter Adnya Naik approached him.