Republic TV founder and anchor Arnab Goswami was arrested yesterday in a 2018 abetment to suicide case in which a middle-aged interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother had died by suicide, allegedly due to non-payment of funds by Arnab, for whose company the work was done. Arnab was later sent to a 14-day judicial custody.
Now, actress Kangana Ranaut has spoken in favour of Arnab and has said: "I want to ask the Maharashtra government that today, you went inside Arnab Goswami's house, beat him, pulled him by his hair, and assaulted him. How many houses will you break? How many voices will you stop, how many people's hair will your pull and how many throats will you choke? These voices will keep growing. Before us, so many martyrs' throats were slit, they were hanged for their right to free speech. No matter, you will silence, many others will rise. You are Pappu Sena and Sonia Sena."
In another tweet, she wrote, "Pappupro ko gussa kyun aata hai? Penguins ko gussa kyun aata hai? Sonia sena ko itna gussa kyun aata hai? (Why are Pappuro, Penguins and Sonia Sena so angry) Arnab sir let them pull your hair and assault you for the cause of free speech greats before us got hanged with smiles on their faces,Aazadi ka karz chukana hai (We have to pay the debt of freedom)#ArnabGoswami."
Notably, Kangana too has had problems with the Shiv Sena government. Sometime back, her Mumbai office was razed down by officials, alleging illegal constructions.