Abad Ponda, appearing for Khanchandani, told the court that police arrested him a day before his anticipatory bail application was to be heard by a sessions court. “The arrest is only to prevent him from arguing his case on Monday. The prosecution knew that a holiday court would not grant him bail and hence he was arrested on Sunday,” he said.
Khanchandani’s name cropped up during the investigation into distribution head Ghanshyam Singh’s role, officials said.
“During investigations, it came to light that Singh used to pay a monthly amount to Abhishek Kolawade of marketing company Max Media who, in turn, paid other accused and also households to watch Republic TV for a certain period of time to rig its TRPs. Khanchandani is the country head of the channel and is responsible for all routine work ranging from distribution to marketing of the channel and the illegal ways adopted by other accused in increasing the channel’s TRPs,” said the remand application submitted i
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