Democracy attacked: NE CMs condemn Arnab Goswami’s arrest

Guwahati/Agartala, Nov 4 : The Chief Ministers of several northeastern states on Wednesday condemned the arrest of Republic TV Editor in Chief Arnab Goswami in Mumbai, terming the action as “a black-day for Indian democracy” and an attack on “free speech and democracy”.
The Maharashtra Police’s Raigad unit on Wednesday morning raided the home of Goswami in an abetment to suicide case. Senior police officer Sachin Vaze said that Goswami was arrested in an abetment to suicide case of 2018, which had been closed earlier and has now been reopened.
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal termed the action as a “Black Day for Indian demoracy”.
“I strongly condemn the assault on senior journalist Arnab Goswami by the police. Vendetta politics should be stopped and freedom of press should be maintained in Maharashtra by releasing Goswami immediately,” Sonowal tweeted.
Assam’s Education and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that Goswami being physically assaulted and arrested by the police is nothing but muzzling of freedom of press by the vindictive Maharashtra government.
Sarma tweeted: “I strongly condemn this shameless politically motivated police action. It’s like Emergency days in Maharashtra.”