Arnab Goswami, others paid lakhs for TRP manipulations: Mumbai police
As per the remand copy, during his stint as BARC s CEO, Dasgupta allegedly rigged the TRP of Republic TV and that of Republic Bharat in connivance with other accused persons and Goswami
Mumbai: In a remand application submitted to the court on Monday seeking custody of Partho Dasgupta, former CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), an arrested accused in the Television Rating Points (TRP) manipulation case, Mumbai police has alleged that Republic TV s editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami had paid Dasgupta lakhs of rupees for TRP rigging.
As per the remand copy, which has been accessed by The Free Press Journal, during his stint as BARC s CEO, Dasgupta allegedly rigged the TRP of Republic TV and that of Republic Bharat in connivance with other accused persons and Goswami. The remand application further stated that investigations have revealed that Goswami used to pay Dasgupta in lakhs. Goswami has not been n
Updated Dec 29, 2020 · 03:18 pm A file photo of Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami. | Sujit Jaiswal/AFP
The Mumbai Police submitted before a court on Monday that Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami had allegedly bribed television rating agency Broadcast Audience Research Council’s former Chief Executive Officer Partho Dasgupta with “lakhs of rupees” to ramp up his channel’s viewership,
The Indian Express reported.
This is the first time the city police have named Goswami for his involvement in the alleged Television Rating Points manipulation scam. Dasgupta, on the other hand, was arrested in connection with the case on December 24, and was last week remanded to judicial custody till December 28.
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