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Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, Feroze Sheikh, Nitesh Sarda shifted to Taloja jail

<span style="color: #222222;">Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, Feroze Sheikh<b> </b>and Nitesh Sarda, arrested in connection with the suicide of an interior designer, were shifted to Taloja jail in Maharashtra's Raigad district from a COVID-19 quarantine centre in Alibaug Sunday morning.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Jail Superintendent A. T. Patil said that due to security concerns and being a high-profile case, the district jail superintendent had requested the senior authorities to move the three to Taloja Jail.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Later as per the order of the Inspector General of Prisons, all the three were shifted to Taloja Jail Sunday morning.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya in a tweet said he met jailer of the Taloja prison today and the latter assured him that Goswami will not be harassed and he will also be provided required medical treatment.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Goswami and two others – Feroze Shaikh and Nitish Sarda – were arrested by Alibaug police on November 4 in connection with the suicide of architect-interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother in 2018 over alleged non-payment of dues by companies of the accused.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">After his arrest from his Lower Parel residence in Mumbai, Goswami was taken to Alibaug, where the Chief Judicial Magistrate remanded him and the two others in judicial custody till November 18.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Goswami was then kept at a local school which has been designated as a COVID-19 centre for the Alibaug prison.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Bombay High Court will on Monday pronounce its order on the interim bail application filed by Goswami and the two others in connection with the abetment of suicide case.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A notice issued late Saturday night on the high court's website said the bench would assemble at 3 pm on November 9 for pronouncement of the order.</span><br />''  

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