Arnab Goswami confirms receiving defamation notice from Mehbooba Mufti

SRINAGAR: Republic TV founder and Prime Time show anchor Arnab Goswami Yesterday night confirmed that he had received a defamation notice from former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and PDP president  Mehbooba Mufti for libelous comments made on his show jantakareporter reported.

During Prime Time show on terror funding Goswami said, “By the way, I have some breaking news. Mehbooba Mufti has sent me a legal notice saying that ‘how do you say that I do lavish shopping trips in Mumbai?’ Well, I am journalist Mehbooba Mufti and I have my sources. I am told that you and your family do lavish shopping trips in Mumbai. If you want to file a case against me, then go ahead. If you think you don’t, then tell me you don’t.”

The programme in question is Goswami’s debate, broadcast on 5 July, when he had accused Mufti of undertaking lavish trips to Mumbai for expensive shopping. He had said, “…aur Mehbooba Mufti jo hai who first class fly karti hai Mumbai mei, aur lavish shopping trips, you know, you know Sushil Pandit, itna spend karti hai, itna spend karti hai, jo logoun ne dekha hai! Itni…Aur jab aati hai to 5 Star Hotel mei, sara unke liya, pura…pura floor book hojata hai! Itna paisa kahan se ata hai. Ap log Kashmir ke logoun ka khoon kab tak chuseinge…(And Mehbooba Mufti travels first class to Mumbai for lavish shopping trips. You know Sushil Pandit, she spends so much and when she returns to her 5-star 7/11/2019 Arnab Goswami in trouble after he confirms receiving defamation notice from Mehbooba Mufti.

The legal notice sent by Mufti’s lawyer said that ‘the aforementioned defamatory and false statements made by’ Goswami on his TV channel had been ‘widely seen, circulated, and shared on other social networking sites and web portals.’