Published 09:27 IST, April 23rd 2020
Anupam Kher terms physical attack on Arnab Goswami 'utter cowardice'; peers echo veteran
Anupam Kher termed the attack on Arnab Goswami as 'utter cowardice' and posted a strong message of support, stating that crores of Indians were with him.
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Republic Media Network's Editor-In-Chief Arnab Goswami and his wife and Republic TV Editor Samyabrata Ray Goswami were physically attacked late on Wednesday night as y were on ir way home. After y were apprehended, attackers confessed to Arnab's Mumbai Police attache that y were from youth Congress and had been sent by party higher-ups to teach him a lesson.
Celebrities across political fraternity and some from film industry strongly condemned incident. One of table names was Anupam Kher who termed it as ‘utter cowardice’.
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veteran took to Twitter a few hours after incident. Condemning attack, A Wednesday star also sent out a strong mess, and wrote that nation has changed and that such incidents won’t be tolerated anymore.
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Here’s tweet
Kher had also come out in support of Arnab Goswami over strong responses over his recent report of Palghar mob lynching where Republic had posed questions to Sonia Gandhi.
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National Award-winning director Madhur Bhandarkar also condemned shocking attack.
Ashoke Pandit expressed concern following attack
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Samyabrata Ray and Arnab Goswami were on ir way back home from Republic's Mumbai studios on Wednesday night when ir car was attacked by two bike-bourne goons, 500 metres from ir residence. Arnab recounted in a video mess that y tried to break glass window, attacked car with ink and overtook his car, before y were caught by his security guards.
A complaint has been filed with police.
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09:27 IST, April 23rd 2020