The Raigad Crime Branch on Friday filed a charge sheet against Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and two others in connection with the abetment to suicide case. The trio have been accused of abetting the suicides of interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother Kumud Naik.

Firoze Sheikh and Nitish Sarda are the two others named in the 1,914-page charge sheet filed before the Alibaug magistrate court, which has taken cognisance of it. The charge sheet mentions six confessional statements under Section 164 of CrPC, and 29 witnesses. "The witnesses are the family members of the deceased and the employees who worked for Anvay. The chargesheet also includes the statement of the employees of some of the accused," a Crime Branch officer said.