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"Shades Of Emergency": Ministers on Journalist Arnab Goswami's arrest

Mumbai
November 4, 2020

Republic TV's Arnab Goswami was arrested today in a two-year-old suicide case in which investigations were reopened recently, the Mumbai police said. Several Union Ministers are among those who have condemned the arrest as a reminder of the Emergency.

"Congress and its allies have shamed democracy once again. Misuse of state power against Republic TV and Arnab Goswami is an attack on individual freedom and the 4th pillar of democracy. It reminds us of the Emergency. This attack on free press must be and WILL BE OPPOSED," tweeted Home Minister Amit Shah as reports emerged of Arnab Goswami's arrest.

"We condemn the attack on press freedom in Maharashtra. This is not the way to treat the Press. This reminds us of the emergency days when the press was treated like this," posted Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar.

Mr. Goswami claimed he was manhandled and assaulted by the police at his Mumbai home before being pushed into their van.

News reported that Mumbai Police "physically assaulted his mother-in-law and father-in-law, son and wife".
In videos aired by Republic TV, policemen were seen holding him as they were attempting to take him away.