Mumbai Police arrests Arnab Goswami: Kirit Somaiya alleges he was manhandled outside Alibag court by police for supporting Goswami

BJP leader Kirit Somaiya on Wednesday has alleged that he was manhandled by the Maharashtra Police during his peaceful protest outside the Alibag court in support of Republic Media Network's Editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami. Goswami has been arrested in connection with an abetment to suicide case booked at the Raigad police station in Maharashtra in 2018. The case had been closed earlier and has now been reopened. 

The journalist has been arrested in the death case of interior designer Anvay Naik, who allegedly died by suicide in Alibaug in May 2018. A suicide note purportedly written by Naik alleged that Goswami had not paid him his dues. Later, Goswami was also named in the FIR of Naik's death case.

Speaking to media, Kirit Somaiya said, "I had come to the Alibag police station to see how Arnab Goswami was being treated by the police." But the police picked me up and threw me aside. No citizen can even stand and watch. Kirit Somaiya has alleged that this is bigotry even though it has not hampered the work of the police.

I am on way to #Alibaug Police Station (110km from Mumbai) to meet #ArnabGoswami

मी अर्नब गोस्वामी ना भेटायला अलीबाग पुलिस स्टेशनला जाण्यासाठी मुंबई हून निघालो @BJP4India@Dev_Fadnavis@ChDadaPatil@BJP4Maharashtra

— Kirit Somaiya (@KiritSomaiya) November 4, 2020

हम ठाकरे सरकार के पुलिस राज, पत्रकार और सोशल मीडिया एक्टिविस्ट्स के उत्पीड़न की कड़ी निंदा करते है, जो नेवी के अधिकारी की पिटाई करते है, पत्रकारोंको जेल में भेजते है #ArnabGoswami अर्नब गोस्वामीको जिस प्रकार से गिरफ्तार किया ठाकरे सरकार को इसकी कीमत चुकानी पड़ेगी @BJP4Indiapic.twitter.com/xMTEHDha7X

— Kirit Somaiya (@KiritSomaiya) November 4, 2020

V strongly condemned Police Raj of Thackeray Sarkar, harrasment of Journalists & Social Media Activists, Person who served Navy beating them, putting them behind the bars. Manners in which #ArnabGoswami is arrested shows Abuse of Power @BJP4India@Dev_Fadnavis@BJP4Maharashtra

— Kirit Somaiya (@KiritSomaiya) November 4, 2020