Republic TV Sends Notice to Indian Express for Report on Arnab Goswami Bribing BARC CEO
Republic TV s notice said, You have acted as a judge, jury and executioner in breach of all journalistic ethics.
Arnab Goswami on Republic TV. Photo: PTI
New Delhi: The television channel Republic TV has sent a legal notice to
The Indian Express newspaper, in the aftermath of the latter’s report on channel head Arnab Goswami allegedly having paid BARC chief Partho Dasgupta $12,000 for two separate holidays and a total of Rs 40 lakh over three years.
Express had on January 25 reported that Dasgupta had made these claims in a handwritten note to Mumbai police. His lawyer Arjun Singh had said the note had been recorded âunder duressâ and had no “evidentiary value in the court of law.â
Partho Dasgupta has claimed this in a handwritten statement to the Mumbai police, according to the supplementary chargesheet filed in the TRP scam case.
BARC Former CEO Partho Dasgupta s Condition Stable: Mumbai Police Tell HC
The HC was hearing a bail plea filed by Dasgupta.
Bombay High Court Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-25T16:03:18+05:30 BARC Former CEO Partho Dasgupta s Condition Stable: Mumbai Police Tell HC outlookindia.com 2021-01-25T16:04:20+05:30
The Mumbai Police on Monday told the Bombay High Court bench that the condition of BAARC ex CEO Partho Dasgupta is stable and he has been provided necessary medical care in the Taloja jail.
The HC was hearing a bail plea filed by Dasgupta.
Singh also said that all other accused persons in the case were out on bail.
Partho Dasgupta s Statement Says Arnab Goswami Bribed Him, No Evidentiary Value Says Lawyer
The former BARC chief s handwritten statement to the Mumbai police says that Goswami paid him $12,000 and over Rs 40 lakh to rig viewership ratings of Republic TV.
Former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta. Photo: LinkedIn
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New Delhi: The former chief executive of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), Partho Dasgupta, has alleged in a handwritten statement to the Mumbai Police that Arnab Goswami bribed him to manipulate viewership ratings in favour of his channel Republic TV, according to an
BARC is responsible for measuring the television rating points (TRPs) of channels.
Arnab Goswami s Republic TV was one of the main beneficiaries of the television ratings point (TRP) scam, which was unearthed by the Mumbai Police last year.