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The Mumbai Police on Wednesday informed the Bombay High Court that they have found more evidence against Republic TV and its Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami in the Television Rating Points manipulation scam,
Live Law reported.
Senior Counsel Kapil Sibal, representing the Mumbai Police, told the bench comprising Justices SS Shinde and MS Karnik that they wanted to take coercive action against the accused. The police had earlier agreed to an undertaking that no such action will be taken.
The division bench was hearing a petition filed by AGR Outlier Media Private Limited – the company that runs Republic TV. The plea sought to quash the first information report in the TRP scam case.
MUMBAI: The state government through its counsel told the Bombay high court on Wednesday that it has found “serious evidence” against Arnab Goswami of Republic TV in the TRP manipulation scam and cannot provide an assurance of no coercive action.
The counsel, however, said it will not take any coercive action till January 15, the next day of the hearing of Goswami’s petition seeking quashing of the FIR and against the chargesheet. Following this, the Bombay high court accepted the statement and continued the earlier relief till January 15.
Advocate Niranjan Mundergi for Republic TV said the senior counsel had to rush for a medical emergency in his family. Kapil Sibal, for the state government, said the forensic audit report sought by Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) itself has “revealed facts” and added, “Now we have much more serious evidence.” He requested the court to seek a “status report” in the case.
TRP case: No coercive action against Arnab Goswami, others till Jan 6, police tells HC
The HC had given interim relief to Republic TV employees from coercive action till Wednesday, which it continued till January 6. Updated: December 16, 2020 9:12:53 pm
Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, incidentally, has threatened legal action against the Congress for its “faleshoods.” (File photo)
After the state government gave an assurance that it would not take any coercive action against Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and other employees of ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd in the TRP fraud case till further hearing, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday accepted the statement and continued the earlier relief. The HC had given interim relief to Republic TV employees from coercive action till Wednesday, which it continued till January 6.
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