Arnab Goswami of the Republic TV is a thorn in most politicians' flesh. It is natural for the targeted politicians to be desperate to put him in the dock. The Maharashtra government which has been at the receiving end for quite some time is anxiously trying to silence him.
The government has been clutching at any straw to browbeat the inconvenient TV anchor. It tried to pin him down in the TRP case. It has not succeeded so far. The government has filed FIRs against each and every employee of this TV channel. The employees have not started squealing against Arnab, further infuriating the government. So the government started reopening a closed case (in which he was accused of being responsible for the suicide of an interior designer) against the crusader.
The government wanted to take him under police custody and teach him a lesson. But the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Alibag, Maharashtra did not oblige; he denied police custody because in his judicial view 1) Arnab Goswami was not clearly connected with the victim's death, 2) No court order was issued for the present investigation, 3)The prosecution has not shown any defect in the earlier investigation, 4) No magistrate has permitted reopening of the case.
But revenge brooks no opposition howsoever lawful the latter is. The government will continue to go after him. Various organs of the media have been unfair to him. Most of them have chosen to be silent, perhaps relishing their competitor's plight. Even the few which have opposed the unlawful treatment meted out to Arnab have done so perfunctorily to avoid being criticised for not standing for one of their own.
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