Assam CM requests Uddhav Thackeray to make 'adequate security arrangements' for Arnab Goswami

GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today requested his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray to arrange "adequate security arrangements" for Republic TV Editor in Chief Arnab Goswami.

"Talked to Maharashtra CM Shri Uddhav Thackeray ji and requested him for adequate security arrangements for renowned journalist Arnab Goswami. I talked to him as Mr. Goswami's family members approached me and intimated that there is not enough security provided to him," Sonowal wrote in a tweet.

Moments after Sonowal sent out his tweet, it was revealed that Goswami had been released on interim bail by the Supreme Court of India.

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According to reports, the Supreme court said that the Bombay High Court was incorrect in not granting bail.

The court further added that Arnab Goswami and two other accused in the case should be released on interim bail on a bond of Rs 50,000.
A bench of Justices Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee made the observations while hearing Goswami’s plea challenging the Bombay HC order.

The Supreme Court stated that his arrest was “illegal, mala-fide and politically motivated as evident from the multifarious proceedings initiated against him.”

Goswami on Tuesday moved to the Supreme Court to seek interim bail in the 2018 abetment of suicide case of an interior designer Anvay Naik.

The Bombay HC on Monday refused to grant bail to Goswami and asked him to move to the local court for interim relief.

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