CM Sonowal requests Uddhav Thackeray for adequate security of Arnab Goswami

Nov. 11: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal requested his counterpart in Maharashtra to provide proper security arrangements for Republic TV Editor in-chief Arnab Goswami who is at present in judicial custody and is lodged in Tajola Jail in the case of abetment of suicide of an interior designer. After being denied bail by the Mumbai High Court on Monday, Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court.

Taking to his tweeter handle, Sarbananda Sonowal wrote, “Talked to Maharashtra CM Shri Uddhav Thackeray ji and requested him for adequate security arrangements for renowned journalist Arnab Goswami. I talked to him as Mr. Goswami’s family members approached me and intimated that there is not enough security provided to him.”

Talked to Maharashtra CM Shri Uddhav Thackeray ji and requested him for adequate security arrangements for renowned journalist Arnab Goswami. I talked to him as Mr. Goswami's family members approached me and intimated that there is not enough security provided to him. @OfficeofUT

— Sarbananda Sonowal (@sarbanandsonwal) November 11, 2020

Goswami is one of three accused in the case of abetment of suicide of an interior designer, Anvay Naik, and his mother, Kumud. In a suicide note, Naik had accused Goswami, Shaikh and Sarda of non-payment of dues amounting to Rs 5.4 crore, because of which, Naik wrote, he was being forced to take such a step. Goswami and two others were arrested by Alibaug police on November 4.