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
Media25/Jan/2021
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.
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Maharashtra: The former CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, Partho Dasgupta, has claimed in a handwritten statement to Mumbai Police that he allegedly received US$12,000 from Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami for two separate holidays and a total of Rs 40 lakhs over three years, in return for manipulating ratings in favor of the news channel, according to the supplementary charge sheet filed in the TRP scam case.
The Mumbai police filed a 3600-page supplementary charge sheet on January 11 against Dasgupta, former COO of BARC Romil Ramgarhia, and Republic Media Network CEO Vikas Khanchandani for alleged manipulation of channel ratings. In this charge sheet, the police have also used screenshots of the WhatsApp conversations between Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami and former CEO of BARC. The most surprising thing in the meantime is, in this conversation, Arnab Goswami has offered t