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- Police in Mumbai arrested journalist Arnab Goswami on charges related to the abetment of a suicide.
- Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad described the arrest as an unwarranted abuse of police power.
- The incident has drawn criticism from government officials who allege political suppression of the press.
- This development highlights ongoing tensions between the ruling alliance in Maharashtra and opposition leaders.
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Ravi Shankar Prasad
Law Minister and senior BJP leader
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“The arrest of senior journalist Arnab Goswami is seriously reprehensible, unwarranted and worrisome. We had fought for freedoms of Press as well while opposing the draconian Emergency of 1975”
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…when its government in Maharashtra was "blatantly suppressing freedom of press."Police on Wednesday arrested Goswami in Mumbai for allegedly abetting suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer, a police official said." The arrest of senior journalist Arnab Goswami is seriously reprehensible, unwarranted and worrisome. We had fought for freedoms of Press as well while opposing the draconian Emergency of 1975 ," Prasad said in a series of tweets.The arrest of senior journalist #ArnabGoswami is seriously reprehensible, unwarranted and worrisome. We had fought… https://t.co/d5fY66b1w5— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad)…
“Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have openly attacked @narendramodi Govt through motivated charges of attack on instit”
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…motivated charges of attack on institutions" yet they are completely silent when their own government in Maharashtra is "blatantly suppressing freedom of Press."He claimed it to be a "textbook case of hypocrisy." Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have openly attacked @narendramodi Govt through motivated charges of attack on instit … https://t.co/TZHS3W6pFJ— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) 1604464512000"One can differ, one can debate and one can ask questions too. However arresting a journalist of the stature of Arnab Goswami by abuse of police…
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