Mumbai police summons Arnab Goswami for interrogation again

The Mumbai police want to interrogate Republic TV head Arnab Goswami yet again. The police sent a summon on Tuesday, asking the anchor to join the interrogation at 11 am on Wednesday.

According to the summon, Arnab Goswami has to meet with police inspector Suresh Gaikwad.

As per media reports, the police inspector who had interrogated Arnab Goswami last time had tested positive for COVID-19. During the previous interrogation, Goswami was questioned for 12-hours.

Arnab is being questioned for his statement referring to Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the Palghar mob lynching case. Congress leaders had accused Arnab for inciting communal hatred and defaming Sonia Gandhi through his prime time show.

Social activist Nilesh Navlakha had lodged a criminal complaint with the Commissioner of Police, Pune, seeking action against Goswami under the Cable Televisions Network (Regulation) Act, 1995, for running the television channel “to create communal hatred, religious polarisation, and threatening national integrity”.

Demanding to dismiss the FIR, Goswami had approached the Supreme Court but the SC had refused to quash the FIRs filed against Goswami. The SC also refused to transfer the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).