Republic TV under scanner as Mumbai police unearth TRP manipulation racket

MUMBAI: Mumbai police on Thursday claimed to have busted a Television Rating Points (TRP) manipulation racket, adding two persons have been arrested in this case.

TRP is a tool to judge which TV programmes are viewed the most and also indicates the viewers' choice and popularity of a particular channel.

Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh told reporters that a national TV news channel(Republic TV), facing flak over its attack on Mumbai police and Maharashtra government in the Sushant Singh Rajpur death case, was also involved in the TRP racket.

The Detection Crime Branch of Mumbai police, which unearthed the TRP racket, has arrested owners of two Marathi channels, for manipulating viewership ratings, the official said.

This national news channel is also involved in the TRP racket and persons responsible for this will also be arrested, whether one is director, promoter or any other employee of the channel, the police commissioner said.

Bank accounts of these channels are also being probed and people responsible for the TRP racket are being summoned by police for further investigation in the case, he said.