Dasgupta will have to deposit his passport and will have to report to the crime branch, Mumbai Police on the first Saturday of every month for six months and thereafter once in three months. Also, the court has directed him to cooperate with the investigation in the case.
Dasgupta was arrested in the television rating points (TRP) scam case and is in Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai. He is accused of misusing his official position and conniving with ARG Outlier Media, and its promoter Arnab Goswami to allegedly manipulate the TRP in favour of the Republic TV.
Earlier, opposing Dasgupta’s bail plea, Special Public Prosecutor Shishir Hiray, representing Mumbai Police argued that the contents of the WhatsApp chats recovered from his cellphone proved that he was very close to some news channels and had masterminded the TRP (Television Rating Point) manipulation.
TRP case: Approver says ED forced him to change his police statement
TNN / Updated: Jan 30, 2021, 09:11 IST
TRP manipulation scam,
Umesh Mishra, has approached the Bombay HC, saying ED forced him to change his original statement to the
Mumbai police as an approver. The scam is being probed by the city police, while ED has registered a separate money laundering case in the matter.
Mishra has filed an intervention application in the petition filed by
Republic TV’s
Arnab Goswami seeking quashing of the police FIR. Mishra said he should be heard before any order is passed in the plea.
A former employee of Hansa Research, an agency that was monitoring TRPs, Mishra was arrested from Virar in October for allegedly being involved in making payments to households to keep certain TV channels on and thus inflate viewership numbers.
MUMBAI: One of the accused in the alleged TRP manipulation scam, Umesh Mishra, has approached the Bombay HC, saying ED forced him to change his original statement given to the Mumbai police as an approver. The scam is being probed by the city police, while ED has registered a separate money laundering case in the matter.
Mishra has filed an intervention application in the petition filed by Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami seeking quashing of the police FIR. Mishra said he should be heard before any order is passed in the plea. A former employee of Hansa Research, Mishra was arrested from Virar in October for allegedly being involved in making payments to households for keeping certain TV channels on and thus inflating viewership numbers.
India News: MUMBAI: The demand for a CBI probe into the TRP manipulation scam is “obviously made for ulterior motives,” said a reply filed by the Maharashtra gove.
Former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta is accused of misusing his official position and conniving with ARG Outlier Media and Arnab Goswami.
MUMBAI: Former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta’s lawyer told the Bombay high court on Monday that Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami was the “main person” in the TRP manipulation scam according to the prosecution.
Counsel Shardul Singh was responding to a query from Justice P D Naik as to who, according to the police, was the main person in the case and what was Dasgupta’s role. Public prosecutor Deepak Thakare said that the additional chargesheet filed in the case had mentioned Dasgupta as the “mastermind” of the scam.