Delhi: Police have registered a case against three including Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami for allegedly abetting suicide of an interior designer near Mumbai.
According to report, Goswami, along with Niteish Sarda of Smartworks and Feroz Shaikh of IcastX/Skimedia, was booked in a case related for abetment to suicide case following the death of interior designer Anvay Naik in Alibaug. The police filed an FIR based on the suicide note by Naik and complaint by his wife.
“An FIR has been registered against Arnab Goswami of Republic TV, Feroz Shaikh of IcastX/Skimedia and Niteish Sarda of Smartworks, on the charge of abetment to suicide at Alibaug police station on a complaint by Akshata, the wife of the deceased,”Additional Superintendent of Police (Raigad) Sanjay Patil said.
Naik’s wife in her complaint claimed that the Mumbai-based Republic TV had not clear the victim’s dues which led to severe losses in business. She said that Naik has named the three persons booked by the police in his suicide letter.
However, Republic TV issued a statement calling it a ‘false propanganda’ against the organisation and said all amounts due and payable under the contract were paid.
“Republic TV will take strict legal action against anyone indulging in such false propaganda. Republic TV would like to clarify that it had engaged the services of one Concorde Designs Private Limited sometime in December 2016. All amounts due and payable under the contract were paid by Republic TV to Concorde Designs. The details of payment, including cheque numbers, amounts, dates of payment, related correspondence and documentation are available with Republic TV. All such details and evidence will be given to the appropriate authorities as and when required. Our thoughts and prayers are with Naik’s family,” the statement read.
On Saturday morning, the body of Naik and his mother was found at their residence. While Naik was found hanging from a ceiling fan in the first floor, his mother’s body was found in the ground floor.