Ex-CEO of BARC Partho Dasgupta. File
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Partho Dasgupta was arrested by the Mumbai crime branch last month for his alleged involvement in the TRP scam
The City Civil and Sessions Court in Mumbai on Wednesday rejected a bail plea of former chief executive officer and managing director of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) Partho Dasgupta in the Television Rating Point (TRP) manipulation case.
He was arrested from Pune on December 24 and is currently lodged in the Taloja Central Jail.
Special Public Prosecutor Shishir Hiray opposed his bail on the grounds that Whatsapp chats have been leaked in which there were alleged conversations between him and the Prime Minister’s Office that went on to show that he was an influential person and could tamper with evidence and sway witnesses who were either former or current employees of the Council.
TRP scam: NCP demands JPC probe into Arnab Goswami-Partho Dasgupta’s WhatsApp chats
Mirror Online / Updated: Jan 18, 2021, 10:33 IST
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has demanded an investigation by a Joint Parliamentary Committee into the
WhatsApp chats between Republic TV editor-in-chief
Arnab Goswami and
Partho Dasgupta, the former CEO of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC).
In a statement released on Monday by NCP chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase, the party has alleged that the chats have shown that issues related to national security have been used to gain TRP.
The
Mumbai Police is currently investigating the TV rating point (TRP) manipulation case and have submitted over 3,000 pages charge-sheet. The purported WhatsApp chat that runs over 500 pages is part of this additional charge-sheet of the
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