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Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami was arrested by Mumbai police last month in a separate case (Archive) Mumbai: Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami paid “lakhs” to senior officials at TV BARC’s rating agency, including former CEO Partho Dasgupta, to manipulate the channel’s TRP (television rating point), police alleged of Mumbai …

Partho Dasgupta, the defendant, is the 15th person arrested in the case Bombay: The Mumbai criminal branch of the police on Thursday arrested a former executive director of the Pune District Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) in the bogus TRP scam, an official said. Partho Dasgupta, the defendant, is the …

Romil Ramgarhia would be brought before a local court, a police official said. Mumbai: Mumbai police arrested the former chief operating officer (COO) of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) on Thursday in connection with the alleged TRP (Television Rating Points) rigging scam, an official said. Romil Ramgarhia, who was …

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has prioritized at least six petitions filed by Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami in the past nine months, while many citizens languish in jails, waiting weeks and months for a hearing. Demonstrating just how efficient the high court could be, it heard and resolved most …

MUMBAI: Even when the criminal branch was arrested Republic TVExecutive Director Vikas khanchandani (44) early Sunday morning from his Bandra (west) residence at the TRP manipulation scam, a team led by deputy police inspectors Sachin Waze and Riyaz Kazi visited the homes of the channel’s chief financial officer, Shiva Sundaram, …

Mumbai police arrested Republic TV chief executive Vikas Khanchandani on Sunday in connection with the alleged case of manipulation of television ratings, NDTV reported. He is the thirteenth person arrested for scam. Republic TV said it will move Holiday’s court against the arrest. The main lawyer KK Manan demanded the …

On Saturday, a court granted bail to Republic TV’s western region distribution chief Ghanshyam Singh, arrested last month in the alleged TRP (Television Rating Points) manipulation scam. Singh, who is also an assistant vice president of the Republic Media Network, had been arrested on November 10. The session court also …

The case came to light on October 8 when the Mumbai police revealed that they had discovered a TRP fraud, in which the scores measured by the BARC had been manipulated by multiple channels. Police had said that an organization called Hansa Research Group Private Limited, which had been entrusted …

MUMBAI: More than a month after the city police launched an investigation into the TRP manipulation scam, the police-based Enforcement Directorate FIR registered a money laundering case. An FIR is a prerequisite for the Department of Education to register a money laundering case as required by the Money Laundering Prevention …

By: PTI | Mumbai | Updated: November 10, 2020 1:57:32 pm The latest arrest has brought to 12 the number of people detained by the Criminal Intelligence Unit of the criminal branch in the case. Republic TV’s head of distribution Ghanshyam Singh was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the …