AGARTALA, April 24 (TIWN): Tripura Congress has filed an FIR against Republic TV Editor in Chief Arnab Goswami on Friday. The FIR was filed by Tapas Deb, Vice President of Tripura Congress.

Addressing media, Tripura Congress President, cum senior  Advocate of Tripura High Court Pijush Biswas said, “Although Arnab Goswami is a journalist, but I have no hesitation to say that he is acting as a BJP mouthpiece along with creating communal disharmony in the country. Centering deaths of 3 Sadhus he not only targeted Sonia Gandhi but stated in his TV a totally false and fabricated. His statements were pre-planned. This is dangerous for national integrity”.

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On the other side, the Supreme Court on Friday granted Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami interim protection for three weeks and ruled that no coercive action will be taken against the journalist till then, Bar and Bench reported. Goswami can move an anticipatory bail application during the three weeks, it said.  A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah made the observations while hearing a petition filed by Goswami seeking no coercive action should be taken on the first information reports filed against him in various states for allegedly defaming Congress President Sonia Gandhi.