Mumbai Police file chargesheet in fake TRP scam | India News – Times of India
The chargesheet was submitted earlier than a Justice of the Peace’s courtroom by the police’s Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU), which is conducting a probe into the case, an official mentioned.
The crime department has up to now arrested 12 individuals, together with Republic TV‘s distribution head and homeowners of two different channels, in reference to the case, he mentioned.
The fake TRP scam got here to mild final month when scores company Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) filed a criticism by means of Hansa Research Group, alleging that sure tv channels had been rigging TRP numbers.
Hansa had been tasked with putting in barometers, which file viewership knowledge (which channel has been watched and for the way lengthy) at pattern households.
TRP is necessary as promoting income of channels depends upon it.
Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh final month claimed that Republic TV and two Marathi channels Box Cinema and Fakt Marathi- had been concerned in manipulating TRPs.
Republic TV and different accused have denied wrongdoing and manipulation of the TRP system.
Earlier, Republic TV’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and two Chief Operating Officers (COO) and Chief Finance Officer (CFO) had been summoned by the police for questioning in the fake TRP racket case.
The statements of Republic TV’s govt editor Niranjan Narayanswamy and senior govt editor Abhishek Kapoor had been additionally recorded by the police.
The Maharashtra authorities final month withdrew its “general consent” given to the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe instances in the state, in the wake of the CBI taking up a case registered by Uttar Pradesh Police towards “unknown” channels and individuals over alleged fudging of TRP.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) lately filed a cash laundering criticism in the alleged TRP rigging scam being investigated by the Mumbai Police.
The central probe company has filed an enforcement case data report (ECIR) that’s equal to a police FIR underneath provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, official sources mentioned final week.
The ED criticism was filed after learning a Mumbai Police FIR that was registered in October and it had named the Republic TV channel, two Marathi channels and few different people.
