Major Arya's comments have frustrated many Pakistani leaders. He seems to have touched a raw nerve. Many Pakistani politicians, including the CM of Balochistan Jam Kamal Khan, a Pakistani parliamentarian Sarfaraz Bugti have expressed angry reactions over his statements.
When the attack by goons and the relentless haranguing by the state machinery did not help silence Arnab Goswami, Congress raked up an old suicide case, in which an FIR was filed against Arnab Goswami, in an attempt to cower him down.
The application avers that the statements made by Arnab Goswami in the debate on his Republic Bharat channel were aimed at "browbeating, terrorising and intimidating the investigating Officer"
Reportedly, Prashant Bhushan had filed a writ petition on April 30 in the Supreme Court seeking to quash the FIR registered against him by Gujarat police for hurting of religious sentiments.
'Who the hell do you think you are', Arnab Goswami had said after he and his wife were attacked by two Congress workers while the journalists were driving back home from their Republic TV studio.