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Updated Feb 16, 2021 · 03:10 pm A file photo of former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta. | Partho Dasgupta via Twitter
Former head of the Broadcast Audience Research Council Partho Dasgupta on Monday told the Bombay High Court that the purported WhatsApp exchanges between him and Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami were mere “loose talks” and that he should not be kept in detention on the basis of the chats, reported
Bar and Bench.
Dasgupta made the submission before a bench of Justice PD Naik, which was hearing the former media executive’s bail plea. The Mumbai Police had arrested Dasgupta in connection with its investigation into the Television Ratings Point scam on December 24. The police have alleged that Goswami bribed Dasgupta with “lakhs of rupees” to ramp up Republic TV’s viewership.
On Thursday, Shiv Sena asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to take action against Republic TV chief Arnab Goswami over his purported chats with former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta in connection to the Balakot airstrike.
On Thursday, NCP staged a protest against Republic TV Editor-In-Chief Arnab Goswami in Mumbai. The protest was held due to his purported chats on the Balakot air strike with former Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) head Partho Dasgupta.
Ex-CEO of BARC Partho Dasgupta. File
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Partho Dasgupta was arrested by the Mumbai crime branch last month for his alleged involvement in the TRP scam
The City Civil and Sessions Court in Mumbai on Wednesday rejected a bail plea of former chief executive officer and managing director of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) Partho Dasgupta in the Television Rating Point (TRP) manipulation case.
He was arrested from Pune on December 24 and is currently lodged in the Taloja Central Jail.
Special Public Prosecutor Shishir Hiray opposed his bail on the grounds that Whatsapp chats have been leaked in which there were alleged conversations between him and the Prime Minister’s Office that went on to show that he was an influential person and could tamper with evidence and sway witnesses who were either former or current employees of the Council.