Republic Media Network s CEO Vikas Khanchandani Granted Bail In TRP Manipulation Case
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Updated: Thursday, December 17, 2020, 9:46 [IST]
Republic
TV
CEO
Vikas
Khanchandani
has
been
granted
bail
by
the
Chief
Metropolitan
Magistrate
at
Esplanade
in
Mumbai
on
Wednesday.
Vikas,
who
was
arrested
on
Sunday
(December
13)
in
the
TRP
(Television
Rating
Points)
manipulation
case,
received
bail
on
a
cash
surety
of
Rs
50,000.
Khanchandani
was
arrested
from
his
residence
by
the
police s
Crime
Intelligence
Unit
(CIU)
in
the
alleged
TRP
(Television
Rating
Points)
rigging
scam.
For
the
unversed,
the
corrupt
practise
came
to
light
in
October,
after
a
complaint
was
lodged
by
the
Updated Dec 16, 2020 | 14:30 IST
A metropolitan magistrate court granted bail to Khanchandani on a cash surety of Rs 50,000, his lawyer Niteen Pradhan informed. Republic Media Network s CEO Vikas Khanchandani
Mumbai: A Mumbai court on Wednesday granted bail to Republic Media Network s Chief Executive Officer Vikas Khanchandani, who was arrested in the alleged TRP (Television Rating Points) rigging scam.
Khanchandani was arrested on Sunday from his residence here by the police s Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU).
A metropolitan magistrate court granted bail to Khanchandani on a cash surety of Rs 50,000, his lawyer Niteen Pradhan informed.
The police began a probe into the alleged scam after ratings agency Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) filed a complaint through Hansa Research Agency about rigging of TRP by some channels.
Republic TV chief Vikas Khanchandani (Source: LinkedIn/Vikas Khanchandani)
A magistrate court in Mumbai on Wednesday granted bail to Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchandani, arrested in the TRP fraud case.
Khanchandani, who was arrested on Sunday, was granted bail on cash surety of Rs 50,000 by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Esplanade in Mumbai.
This came after sessions court Judge D E Kothalikar on December 14 made observations while hearing Republic TV CFO S Sundaram’s anticipatory bail plea apprehending his arrest by Mumbai Police.
The sessions court took exception over the haste in which Mumbai Police arrested Khanchandani and expressed displeasure over the manner in which the police chose to arrest him a day before his plea for anticipatory bail was scheduled for hearing. “What was the urgency to arrest him like this a day before, when the application was sub-judice?” the judge had asked Special Public Prosecutor Sishir Hirey.
TRP scam: Republic Media Network s CEO, Vikas Khanchandani, gets bail
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The police began a probe into the alleged scam after ratings agency Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) filed a complaint through Hansa Research Agency about rigging of TRP by some channels.
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Vikas Khanchandani, Republic TV s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) leaves from the Crime Branch office after he was arrested on Sunday in Mumbai.
MUMBAI: A Mumbai court on Wednesday granted bail to Republic Media Network s Chief Executive Officer Vikas Khanchandani, who was arrested in the alleged TRP (Television Rating Points) rigging scam. Khanchandani was arrested on Sunday from his residence here by the police s Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU).
TRP Scam: Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchandani Granted Bail
Khanchandani was arrested on Sunday from his residence in Mumbai
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A Mumbai court on Wednesday granted bail to Republic Media Network s Chief Executive Officer Vikas Khanchandani, who was arrested in the alleged TRP (Television Rating Points) scam.
Khanchandani was arrested on Sunday from his residence in Mumbai by the police s Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU).
A metropolitan magistrate court granted bail to Khanchandani on a cash surety of Rs 50,000, his lawyer Niteen Pradhan said.
The police began a probe into the alleged scam after ratings agency Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) filed a complaint through Hansa Research Agency about rigging of TRPs by some channels.