Why has Arnab not been named in TRP scam FIR, asks High Court
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The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the Mumbai Police why Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami had not been named as an accused in the FIR in the Television Ratings Points (TRP) manipulation case, and directed the prosecutor to inform it by Thursday if they plan to do so.
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A division Bench of Justices S.S. Shinde and Manish Pitale also asked the special public prosecutor Shishir Hiray how much more time they would take to complete the investigation.
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Union Minister of State for Home replied in Lok Sabha a question about the leaked chats (File)
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The central government has no information on the leak of WhatsApp chats related to confidential and sensitive information, including the scrapping of Article 370, which surfaced during the investigation of TRP scam by the Mumbai Police, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
A 500-page transcript of a purported WhatsApp conversation, containing details of the Balakot air strikes and abrogation of Article 370, went viral in January this year after it was submitted by the Mumbai Police before a court as part of its chargesheet in a case of misuse of TV Ratings Point (TRP), which led to a political storm.
: Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 8:46 PM IST
TRP scam: Government has no information on Arnab Goswami s chat in the case, says Kishan Reddy
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, G Kishan Reddy
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In a latest development in the TRP case, Minister of State for Home, G Kishan Reddy in Lok Sabha said that the Centre has no information about the leak of sensitive information in the purported WhatsApp conversations of Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab in the case.
The chats that leaked included several controversial conversations between Goswami and Dasgupta, regarding various news events (and Republicâs coverage of them), including the Pulwama attack and the Balakot air strike in February 2019.
Bombay HC Asks Why Mumbai Police Held Press Conference on TRP Scam Does the police have an obligation to interact with the press? the bench asked as Republic TVâs counsel said police had mala fide intentions behind holding the press conference last year.
Bombay high court. Photo: PTI
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Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Tuesday asked what had prompted the Mumbai Police to hold a press conference last year over the alleged television rating points (TRP) scam.
“Does the police have an obligation to interact with the press? Why did the commissioner [of police] have to speak to the press?” a bench of Justices S.S. Shinde and Manish Pitale asked.