Mumbai: Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami was arrested on Wednesday in a two-year-old suicide case in which investigations was reopened recently, said Mumbai police sources. “We condemn the attack on press freedom in Maharashtra. This is not the way to treat the Press. This reminds us of the emergency days when the press was treated like this,” posted Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar.

Goswami alleged that he was manhandled and assaulted by the police at his Mumbai home before being pushed into their van. He showed injuries to his arm. The architect had reportedly named Goswami in a suicide note and had accused Republic TV of not paying him his dues after he designed the channel’s set-up.