Arnab case: Fresh flare-up between Maha govt, Governor

By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Nov 9 : A fresh war of words broke out between the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government and Raj Bhavan arising out of the arrest and judicial custody of Republic TV Managing Director and Chief Editor Arnab Goswami, here on Monday.
The developments came as Bombay High Court rejected Goswami’s plea for interim bail, quashing of the police FIR against him and stopping the ongoing investigations into the double-suicide of an architect Anvay Naik and his mother Kumud Naik in Alibaug (Raigad) on May 5, 2018.
Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Monday called up and spoke with Home Minister Anil Deshmukh expressing “concern about Goswami’s security and health”.
He also urged Deshmukh to permit Goswami’s family to meet and speak with him while he is in judicial custody till Nov. 18, and currently lodged in Taloja Central Jail.
Earlier, the Governor had conveyed similar concerns to Deshmukh “over the manner of arrest of Goswami” – who was nabbed on Nov. 4 and is currently in judicial custody in Taloja Central Jail, Raigad.
Later, Bharatiya Janata Party Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis called upon the Bombay High Court “to take suo moto cognizance” of the way the MVA government “has treated Goswami during the entire process of arrest to handling under custody, as alleged by him”.