The Bombay High Court rejected the bail plea of journalist Arnab Goswami saying that no interim relief will be given to him in connection with his arrest on Wednesday over the suicide of an architect and his mother in 2018. The court will hear the matter on Friday at 3 pm.

According to a report, Goswami had moved the court to quash the case against him.

The case relating to the suicide of Anvay Naik and his mother two years ago had been closed by previous governments but was recently reopened after appeals from Mr Naik's family. Mr Goswami was arrested in connection with the case early yesterday from his Mumbai home.

Hours later a Mumbai court sent Mr Goswami to 14 days' judicial custody, while dismissing a similar demand from Mumbai Police. The court also dismissed Mr Goswami's charge that he had been physically assaulted while being arrested, an allegation he made several times in the day.

In a statement by Republic TV it said that Goswami's arrest was part of "a larger vindictive exercise against an independent journalist & news network. This is to bring to light real facts on unfounded allegations in a closed case based on which Arnab Goswami was assaulted and arrested".