Arnab Goswami booked for ‘assaulting’ police official during arrest

Mumbai, November 4 Mumbai Police on Wednesday registered an FIR against Republic TV’s Editor in Chief Arnab Goswami, his wife, son and two others for allegedly assaulting a police official. A fresh First Information Report (FIR) was registered against him...

Tribune Web Desk

Updated At : 01:46 AM Nov 05, 2020 IST

Mumbai, November 4

Mumbai Police on Wednesday registered an FIR against Republic TV’s Editor in Chief Arnab Goswami, his wife, son and two others for allegedly assaulting a police official.

A fresh First Information Report (FIR) was registered against him and others at NM Joshi Marg police station in Mumbai under IPC sections 353 (assault to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 504 (intentional insult to provoke breach of peace) and 506 (criminal intimidation) and under the Damage to Public Property Act, an official said.

A woman police official, who was part of the team which arrested Goswami from his Lower Parel residence here, filed the complaint, he said.

Goswami, who was seen being pushed into the police van, claimed before being taken away that he was assaulted by police inside the house. — PTI

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.

The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

Designed and developed by : SORTD

Suggested Articles