World news – IN – Alibag Court allows police to question Arnab in Taloja jail for three hoursen

Police shift Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami to Taloja Central Jail from Alibag, on November 8, 2020 Photo: Special arrangement
 

The magistrate court at Alibag on Monday granted the Raigad police permission to question journalist Arnab Goswami at the Taloja Central Jail for three hours in the 2018 abetment of suicide case

The sessions court was hearing the criminal revision application filed by the local crime branch seeking Mr Goswami’s police custody and challenging the order passed by the chief magistrate court

Special public prosecutor Pradeep Gharat told The Hindu that he argued for Mr Goswami’s police custody to investigate the case which was strongly objected by the journalist’s lawyers The court however granted the police three hours to probe Mr Goswami

Mr Gharat said, “The accused have filed several miscellaneous applications on the maintainability of the application Advocates Aabad Ponda and Gaurav Parkar representing Mr Goswami said the arrest is illegal as a summary closure report was already filed by the police and the case has been re-opened without the permission of the magistrate”

Mr Goswami and the other two accused — Niteesh Sarda and Feroz Shaikh — have filed their bail applications before the same court

Mr Gharat, however, said, “Although the bail application has been filed by them [lawyers of Mr Goswami] we have not received the copy of the same”

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