# Ravi Shankar Prasad condemns Arnab Goswami arrest 2026-08-07T01:45:25+00:00 | Politics | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad called Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami’s arrest “seriously reprehensible, unwarranted and worrisome” on Wednesday. Mumbai Police arrested Goswami over allegations that he abetted the suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer, a police official said. Prasad accused the Congress leadership of staying silent while Maharashtra’s Shiv Sena, Congress and Nationalist Congress Party government allegedly suppressed press freedom. He said disagreement with a journalist cannot justify arrest through police power, and called the Congress position hypocritical. The allegations against Goswami and the police case were not independently detailed in the report. ## Coverage - economictimes.indiatimes.com Tags: Arnab Goswami, Maharashtra, police arrest, press freedom, Ravi Shankar Prasad Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/ravi-shankar-prasad-condemns-arnab-goswami-arrest/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/ravi-shankar-prasad-condemns-arnab-goswami-arrest/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.