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TRP manipulation case: India Today group CFO summoned in Mumbai by ED
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned India Todayâs Group CFO for questioning in connection with the alleged Television Rating Points (TRP) manipulation racket. He has been asked to appear in Mumbai, confirmed a senior ED officer.
The EDâs Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) is based on the case filed by Mumbai Police. An ECIR is the equivalent of a police First Information Report (FIR).
On October 8, Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh claimed to have unearthed the alleged case of TRP manipulation and the alleged involvement of several channels. He had also set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the case.
NEW DELHI: India Today group CFO Dinesh Bhatia has been summoned by the enforcement directorate (ED) for questioning in connection with the alleged TRP scam. Media reports state that he is expected to appear before the investigative agency on Monday. India Today’s name had reportedly appeared in the initial FIR filed by Hansa Research in the case, which was brought to light
A file photo of Republic TV Editor Arnab Goswami. | Sujit Jaiswal/AFP
The Mumbai Police on Wednesday informed the Bombay High Court that they have found more evidence against Republic TV and its Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami in the Television Rating Points manipulation scam,
Live Law reported.
Senior Counsel Kapil Sibal, representing the Mumbai Police, told the bench comprising Justices SS Shinde and MS Karnik that they wanted to take coercive action against the accused. The police had earlier agreed to an undertaking that no such action will be taken.
The division bench was hearing a petition filed by AGR Outlier Media Private Limited – the company that runs Republic TV. The plea sought to quash the first information report in the TRP scam case.