BARC audit report confirms ex-executives spiked TRPs: Mumbai police
While BARC received the report in July, it was only after the Mumbai police wrote to them specifically seeking all documents relating to the alleged TRP scam that it sent the report to the police last week, nearly two months after the FIR was registered. December 26, 2020 5:40:39 am
A 22-year-old youth, who is also arrested and in police custody, was not an invitee, but arrived as the victim s friend around 12:15 am. (Representational)
THE MUMBAI Crime Branch, investigating the alleged Television Rating Point (TRP) scam, on Friday said it received an audit report of BARC last week that confirms that TRPs of channels were manipulated under the previous BARC management.
TV Ratings Agency BARC s Former CEO Arrested In Alleged Ratings Scam Mr Dasgupta - the fifteenth person to be arrested in the case so far - was taken into custody from Raigad and will be produced in court today
Updated: December 25, 2020 12:28 am IST
Partho Dasgupta, the accused, is the fifteenth person to be arrested in the case
Mumbai:
Mumbai Police on Thursday arrested Partho Dasgupta, the former CEO of TV ratings agency BARC, in connection with the TRP scam case. Mr Dasgupta - the fifteenth person to be arrested in the case so far - was taken into custody from Raigad and will be produced in court today.
Mumbai court grants bail to 14th accused in TRP scam case
Mumbai court grants bail to 14th accused in TRP scam case
The Esplanade Magistrate Court in Mumbai on Thursday granted bail to the 14th accused in the TRP scam case. The accused, Romil Ramgadia, had been sent to judicial custody on December 22.
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The Esplanade Magistrate Court in Mumbai on Thursday granted bail to the 14th accused in the TRP scam case. The accused, Romil Ramgadia, had been sent to judicial custody on December 22.
Ramgadia s legal team had moved a bail application. The crime branch replied to the bail application stating that Ramgadia worked with the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) between 2014 and 2020 as Chief Operating Officer and during this time the Mumbai Crime Branch had alleged that he helped ARG Outlier’s two channels with TRP manipulation.
The crime branch of Mumbai Police on Thursday arrested a former CEO of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) from Pune district in the fake TRP scam, an official said. Partho Dasgupta, the accused, is the fifteenth person to be arrested in the case related to alleged rigging of Television Rating Points (TRP) by some TV channels. He was arrested by Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) from the jurisdiction of Rajgad Police Station in Pune district and will be produced before a court here on Friday, the official said. Earlier, the CIU had arrested former chief operating officer (COO) of BARC Ramil Ramgarhia in the case, among others.
Former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta Arrested in TRP Scam
Partho Dasgupta is the 15th person to be arrested in the case related to alleged rigging of television rating points by some TV channels.
Former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta. Photo: LinkedIn
Media24/Dec/2020
Mumbai: The crime branch of Mumbai Police on Thursday arrested a former CEO of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) from Pune district in the fake TRP scam, an official said.
Partho Dasgupta, the accused, is the 15th person to be arrested in the case related to alleged rigging of television rating points (TRP) by some TV channels.