MUMBAI: One of the accused in the alleged TRP manipulation scam, Umesh Mishra, has approached the Bombay HC, saying ED forced him to change his original statement given to the Mumbai police as an approver. The scam is being probed by the city police, while ED has registered a separate money laundering case in the matter.
Mishra has filed an intervention application in the petition filed by Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami seeking quashing of the police FIR. Mishra said he should be heard before any order is passed in the plea. A former employee of Hansa Research, Mishra was arrested from Virar in October for allegedly being involved in making payments to households for keeping certain TV channels on and thus inflating viewership numbers.