TRP scam: Former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta sent to judicial custody for 14 days
Mirror Online / Updated: Dec 30, 2020, 18:35 IST
Former CEO of rating agency BARC
Partho Dasgupta has been sent to a 14-day-long judicial custody in the fake Television Rating Points (TRP) case. He was arrested from Pune on December 17.
Dasgupta, who was produced before the court in
Mumbai earlier today (December 30), also filed a bail application.
His lawyer, Kamlesh Ghumre, argued that Dasgupta was the CEO of
BARC but there was a board of directors and a disciplinary committee above him, adding that he could not have manipulated the rating system.
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TRP Scam: Ex-BARC CEO Dasgupta Involved In Conspiracy Along With Arnab Goswami
The Mumbai police s Crime Branch, in its remand note submitted before a magistrate s court, sought further custody of Dasgupta, claiming he was the mastermind of the alleged TRP scam.
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The Mumbai police on Monday told a local court that Partho Dasgupta, arrested former CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), in alleged connivance with another ex-senior BARC official and Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, manipulated the television rating points (TRP) of Republic TV and its Hindi arm.
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(L) Arnab Goswami and Partho Dasgupta (R)
The Mumbai police on Monday claimed in its remand application submitted before a magistrateâs court that Arnab Goswami had given payment in lakhs to former BARC India CEO Partho Dasgupta from time to time.
The remand note, a copy of which is with BestMediaInfo.com, alleges that Dasgupta used this money to procure jewellery and other expensive articles, which have been seized from his residence.
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Police told the court that Dasgupta, in alleged connivance with former BARC India COO Romil Ramgarhia and Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, manipulated the television rating points (TRP) of Republic TV and Republic Bharat.