The police on Friday filed a charge sheet against Arnab Goswami, the editor-in-chief of Republic TV, as well as two others, in a 2018 case related to abetment to suicide.
The charge sheet was filed before an Alibaug court in the neighbouring Raigad district, where the alleged abetment to suicide case of interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother Kumud has been lodged.
Other than Goswami, the other two accused named in the charge sheet are Firoze Sheikh and Nitish Sarda, said Pradeep Gharat, a special public prosecutor.
“As many as 65 persons are named as witnesses,” he informed.
On Thursday, Goswami filed an urgent plea before the Bombay High Court, seeking a stay in the filing of chargesheet and subsequent proceedings in the case.
Anvay Naik and his mother Kumud committed suicide in 2018, allegedly because of non-payment of dues by firms of Goswami and other two accused.
The case, closed for want of evidence in 2019, was reopened in May this year, with Goswami alleging that the Maharashtra government was pursuing a vendetta against him for his work as a TV journalist.
