Former Deputy Commissioner of Police (ACP) Iqbal Shaikh has approached the city’s civil court seeking a restraining order against the Republic TV news channel and its editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami not to broadcast any material related to the scam. by TRP. An FIR has been registered in the case at the Kandivali Police Station.
Shaikh has filed a defamation lawsuit against Goswami and the channel for commenting against the police force in connection with the TRP scam. The lawsuit is likely to go to a hearing on Wednesday.
Shaikh, in the lawsuit filed through lawyer Abha Singh, has alleged that “when a case is being investigated in accordance with legal provisions, defendant number 1 (Goswami) cannot be granted the freedom to discuss his own case and arbitrate it on your own television. channels smearing the Mumbai police. ”
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Shaikh has alleged that Goswami has been conducting discussions and broadcasting stories in connection with the case that may influence the investigation. “The Plaintiff contends that Defendant No. 1 has transgressed his limits as the owner of the two most popular television channels and has begun to pursue his own agenda by being the Editor-in-Chief and delivering great sermons on his own case, which is under investigation. by a legal body, ”the lawsuit reads.
Republic TV is one of three channels accused by Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh of manipulating television ratings.
Six people have been arrested by Mumbai police in the scam, which allegedly involves bribing homeowners whose television viewing is monitored to ensure that certain channels get higher ratings. Ratings are a key influencing factor in advertisers’ preferences when placing ads. Police say this is a “multi-crore” scam.
The channel transferred the high court seeking the annulment of the FIR registered in the case and its transfer from the Mumbai Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
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