Arrested development

Mr Goswami's arrest highlights flaws in free-speech argument

The arrest of Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami on Wednesday in a joint operation of the Raigad and Mumbai police represents an almost laughable travesty of justice on the part of the Shiv Sena-Congress alliance in Maharashtra. The case on which the action has been taken is two years old, involving the suicide of an interior designer who had left a note accusing Mr Goswami and two others (who have also been arrested) for bankrupting him by not paying the money they owed him. At the time, Mr Goswami had denied the charge and the police closed the case. It