Republic TV boss Vikas Khanchandani is the 13th person to be arrested in the fake ratings scam.
Mumbai:
Republic TV boss Vikas Khanchandani has been arrested by Mumbai police in the fake ratings scam, the 13th person to be arrested in the case so far. The arrest of the top executive came less than a week after the Supreme Court rejected a request from ARG Outlier Media Private Limited, owner of the Republic Media network, seeking protection for the group and its employees.
“This request is ambitious in nature. You want the Maharashtra police not to arrest any employees and transfer the cases to CBI. You better withdraw this,” Judge DY Chandrachud told the Group, which accused the Maharashtra police of “harass” the media. House, its editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and their employees.
Mumbai police had submitted a first information report on October 6 and began investigations following a complaint made by Nitin Deokar, an official with Hansa Research.
The document names 140 witnesses, including forensic auditors and members of the BARC or Broadcast Audience Research Council, which assesses PRTs or television rating points by monitoring selected households.
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