<p>The police on Friday filed a charge sheet against Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and two others in a 2018 abetment of suicide case.</p>.<p>The charge sheet was filed before a court in Alibaug in neighbouring Raigad district, where the case for alleged abetment of suicide of interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother Kumud has been registered.</p>.<p>Besides Goswami, the other two accused named in the charge sheet are Firoze Sheikh and Nitish Sarda, said special public prosecutor Pradeep Gharat.</p>.<p>As many as 65 persons are named as witnesses, he added.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/arnab-goswami-seeks-stay-to-filing-of-chargesheet-in-suicide-case-922928.html" target="_blank">Arnab Goswami seeks stay to filing of charge sheet in suicide case</a></strong></p>.<p>Incidentally, Goswami had moved the Bombay High Court on Thursday seeking a stay to the filing of the charge sheet, but the petition is yet to be heard.</p>.<p>Goswami, Sheikh and Sarda were arrested by Alibaug police on November 4 in the case, but they got bail from the Supreme Court on November 11.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>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. </p>
<p>The police on Friday filed a charge sheet against Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and two others in a 2018 abetment of suicide case.</p>.<p>The charge sheet was filed before a court in Alibaug in neighbouring Raigad district, where the case for alleged abetment of suicide of interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother Kumud has been registered.</p>.<p>Besides Goswami, the other two accused named in the charge sheet are Firoze Sheikh and Nitish Sarda, said special public prosecutor Pradeep Gharat.</p>.<p>As many as 65 persons are named as witnesses, he added.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/arnab-goswami-seeks-stay-to-filing-of-chargesheet-in-suicide-case-922928.html" target="_blank">Arnab Goswami seeks stay to filing of charge sheet in suicide case</a></strong></p>.<p>Incidentally, Goswami had moved the Bombay High Court on Thursday seeking a stay to the filing of the charge sheet, but the petition is yet to be heard.</p>.<p>Goswami, Sheikh and Sarda were arrested by Alibaug police on November 4 in the case, but they got bail from the Supreme Court on November 11.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>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. </p>