Arnab Goswami shifted to Taloja jail for using phone

Mumbai, November 8

Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, arrested in connection with the alleged suicide of an interior designer, was on Sunday shifted from Alibaug to the Taloja jail in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, the police said.

Goswami was moved to the Taloja jail after allegedly being found using a mobile phone while in judicial custody at a school designated as Covid-19 centre for Alibaug prison, a police official said.

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The Raigad crime branch found Goswami was active on the social media using somebody’s mobile phone despite his personal mobile phone having been seized by the police when he was taken into custody on November 4, the official said. While being taken to Taloja jail, Goswami shouted from the police van. — PTI

HC to pronounce order on bail today

• The Bombay High Court will on Monday pronounce its order on the interim bail application filed by Goswami and two others in connection with the abetment to suicide case.
• A notice issued late Saturday night on the HC website said the Bench would assemble at 3 pm on Nov 9.