The Mumbai police arrested two members of the Mumbai chapter of the Indian Youth Congress for allegedly attacking Republic TV chief Arnab Goswami.

The accused have been identified as Prateek Mishra and Arun Borade, both officebearers of the Youth Congress in the Sion-Koliwada Assembly constituency. Mishra is the general secretary of the Sion-Koliwada Youth Congress and Borade is the president.

Goswami alleged that he and his wife were attacked last night by two Youth Congress workers while on his way back home from the Republic office in Mumbai.

According to an FIR filed at the NM Joshi Marg police station, Mishra and Borade blocked Goswami's vehicle, banged on the windowpane, and threw ink at it. The accused have been booked under Sections 341, 504 and others of the Indian Penal Code.

Abhinash Kumar, the deputy commissioner of police, Zone 3, confirmed to Newslaundry that the FIR carries the names of Mishra and Borade, and that they belong to the Indian Youth Congress.

The Mumbai police also released a press note, detailing that Goswami had filed a complaint over the alleged attack. The press note says he was travelling with his wife and bodyguard when the vehicle was blocked.

Both Borade and Mishra appear to be close to Ganesh Yadav, the president of the Mumbai Youth Congress, and have shared several photos with Yadav on their respective Facebook pages.