: Saturday, January 16, 2021, 2:09 PM IST
As arrested ex-BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta admitted to hospital, daughter writes to PM Modi with appeal to save father s life
Former Broadcast Audience Research Council s (BARC), CEO Partho Dasgupta, who was held in TRP scam, was admitted to JJ hospital on Friday following complaints of low blood pressure and fall in sugar level.
As arrested ex-BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta admitted to hospital, daughter writes to PM Modi with appeal to save father s life
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Ex BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta s daughter, Pratyusha Dasgupta has written a letter to PM Narendra Modi appealing him to save her father s life.
Mr. Dasgupta, a diabetic, was rushed to the State-run J.J. Hospital here from the Taloja Central Prison in Navi Mumbai around mid-night after his blood sugar levels shot up, a prison official said.
He was admitted to the ICU and was on oxygen support, the official said.
Mr. Dasgupta, former CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) was arrested in the alleged TRP rigging scam by crime branch of the Mumbai Police on December 24 last year.
A Mumbai court had earlier this month rejected his bail plea, stating that he appeared to have played a vital role in the scam to rig TRP as per the Police s case.
Mumbai: Former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta admitted to JJ Hospital
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Former Broadcast Audience Research Council s (BARC), CEO Partho Dasgupta, who was held in TRP scam, was admitted to JJ hospital on Friday following complaints of low blood pressure and fall in sugar level.
Dasgupta, who was arrested on December 24, was in judicial custody at Taloja Jail.
The Taloja Jail authorities confirmed that Dasgupta was shifted to JJ hospital around 1 pm on Friday. Dasgupta is reportedly not responding to voice command and has become incoherent, He has been shifted to the intensive care unit at the hospital.
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His daughter took to Twitter to allege that he was tortured in prison, and appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others to save his life .