Assets Worth Rs 32 Crore Of TV Channels Seized In TRP Case Assets Worth Rs 32 Crore Of TV Channels Seized In TRP Case The properties, attached under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) belong to channels like Fakt Marathi, Box Cinema and Maha Movie.
The Enforcement Directorate had filed a money laundering case against the channels (File)
New Delhi:
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday attached assets worth about Rs 32 crore of some Maharashtra-based television channels in connection with its money laundering probe into the alleged TRP scam.
The properties, attached under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) belong to channels like Fakt Marathi, Box Cinema and Maha Movie and are in the form of land and commercial and residential units in Mumbai, Indore, Delhi and Gurgaon apart from some bank deposits, the central agency said in a statement.
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The agency had filed a money laundering case against the channels after studying a Mumbai Police FIR for alleged manipulation of Television Rating Points (TRPs).
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached immovable and movable properties in the form of land, commercial and residential units in Mumbai, Indore, Delhi and Gurgaon and balances in bank account totaling to Rs. 32 Crore of television channels namely Fakt Marathi, Box Cinema and Maha Movie.
The agency said on Wednesday that it s probe has revealed that the alleged proceeds of crime for these channels is to the tune of Rs 46 Crore.
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RELATED The Bombay High Court asked the Mumbai police on Wednesday that since the latter claimed to have adequate evidence against Republic TV and its Editor-in- Chief Arnab Goswami in the alleged TRP scam, why had they not named them as accused in the case.
A bench of Justices S S Shinde and Manish Pitale directed Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Shishir Hiray to inform the court by Thursday whether the police plan to proceed against Goswami and Republic TV.
It also asked Hiray to tell the court how much time were the police likely to take to complete the investigation into the case.
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