News Broadcasters Federation condemns attack on Arnab Goswami & Samyabrata Ray Goswami

News Broadcasters Federation (NBF) on Thursday strongly condemned physical attack on Republic TV's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami and his wife & Republic TV Editor Samyabrata Ray Goswami on Wednesday night.  

attack happened just hours after Arnab had questioned Congress president Sonia Gandhi in his debate about her abject silence in Palghar lynching case where two Hindhu sadhus and ir driver were lynched by a mob in presence of a dozen policemen. 

attack on Arnab took place at Ganpatrao Kadam Marg, just a short distance away from his house, as he and his wife - Republic TV Editor Samyabrata Ray Goswami - were driving back in ir Toyota Corolla.  goons, who used ir bike to block Arnab's car and took a good hard look to identify him in front seat before launching ir attack, were caught by Arnab's security and are w in Mumbai Police's custody. After y were apprehended, attackers confessed to Arnab's security that y were from youth Congress and were sent by party higher-ups to teach him a lesson.

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Here's NBF's statement

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Here is complaint copy based on which FIR has been filed:

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