Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Monday expressed concern over Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami’s security and health to state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in a phone conversation, as per media reports.
Goswami and two others - Feroze Shaikh and Nitish Sarda - were arrested by Alibaug police on November 4 in connection with the suicide of architect-interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother in 2018 over alleged non-payment of dues by companies of the accused.
In a statement, the governor’s office said Koshyari has also asked the state home minister to allow Goswami’s family to see and speak to him. The governor had earlier also expressed concern to Deshmukh over the manner in which the journalist was arrested, the statement added.
The magistrate''s court remanded Goswami and the two others in judicial custody till November 18.
Goswami was initially kept at a local school which has been designated as a COVID-19 centre for the Alibaug prison.
On Sunday, he was shifted to the Taloja jail in Raigad district after allegedly being found using a mobile phone while in judicial custody.