MUMBAI : the Execution direction (ED) has summoned Hansa research groupDeputy General Manager, Nitin deokar, for his statement in the case of money laundering registered in the Television Rating Points (TRP) manipulation scam.
Deokar is the original whistleblower in the case with the Mumbai police. He has accused a former employee of his company, Vishal Bhandari, of manipulating TRP.
The ED case is based on the Bombay Police FIR.
The sources said that after recording Deokar’s statement, the agency will summon other top executives from his company. ED will review your statements along with the details gathered before summoning others on the case.
One official said: “The investigation will mainly focus on suspicious financial transactions that took place between the suspects. ”
ED will collect and examine the financial transactions of the suspects in the case along with the companies with which they are associated. Recently, he had collected the FIR copy from the Mumbai police before registering the money laundering case or ECIR (Execution Case Information Report) last week. The agency has requested the Mumbai police to provide other documents related to the case.
At present, ED has only mentioned Bhandari in the money laundering case. In the Mumbai Police FIR, it was alleged that Bhandari had offered money to households where BARC barometers were installed to view specific channels. The Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) has contracted the Hansa group to install barometers in select homes.
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