OUTRAGEOUS: Mumbai Police summons even more Republic journalists in shocking witch-hunt

After over 150 hours of questioning of members of Republic Media Network's manment & editorial staff, Mumbai Police has shockingly summoned even more journalists for questioning. If that was t all,  Mumbai Police has intimated that y will summon entire newsroom if required. This follows a series of attacks on company in an unprecedented witch-hunt and brazen strike on press freedom with multiple sessions of unnecessary interrogation sessions and a First Information Report on entire Republic Editorial staff. 

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Mumbai Police’s witch-hunt on Republic

latest summons came after Republic’s Deputy Editor Shawan Sen and Executive Editor Niranjan Narayanaswamy were questioned on Saturday. duo were questioned again on story about Mumbai Police officers being unhappy with commissioner Param Bir Singh amid witch-hunt against Republic. journalists maintained that y won’t reveal ir sources.  

Editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami h also lent his solidarity to his staff at NM Joshi Marg police station where questioning took place. 

"It is quite clear to people of India that Param Bir Singh has been caught and tapes released show he has put up fake witnesses. It is also a fact that 1000 journalists of Republic Media Network w face an FIR. I want people of India to kw that clause used by Param Bir Singh is a 98-year-old clause dating back to 1922 of British Raj," said Arnab Goswami.

He continued, "It is a clause that has t been used in Indian Constitution or by Mumbai Police for 34 years or more, which means it is an Emergency era clause. Param Bir Singh is carrying out police terrorism and trying Emergency tactics in a free country. I do believe that criminal process and breach of law is something which will be ticed by everyone - Court, media and police mselves. We will fight this battle and win."

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Republic top brass have been grilled for over 150 hours in this witch-hunt with Arnab Goswami being questioned for 20 hours, Niranjan Narayanaswamy for 20 hours, Senior Executive Editor Abhishek Kapoor for 7 hours, Republic Media Network CEO Vikas Khanchandanani for 7 hours, Assistant Vice President Ghanshyam Singh for 25 hours, CFO Sundaram for 45 hours and COO Harsh Bhandari for 8 hours.

filing of Section 91, that sought most trivial details, from cost of tissue papers to payments of salaries to staff and filing of an FIR against entire Republic staff has attracted widespre criticism.

Republic sues Param Bir Singh

Republic also hit back legally by sending a defamation tice to Param Bir Singh for making false allegations, seeking Rs 200 crore in dams. tice sought withdrawal of his false statements on network over TRP scam in press conference dated October 8 and or media interviews conducted. tice sought that he desists from making any more defamatory statements against Arnab Goswami and his media network, or be liable to face appropriate civil and criminal proceedings.

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