TRP Scam Case | Arnab Named Accused: Key Allegations, Evidence
The QuintThe Mumbai Police on Tuesday, 22 June, named Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami as an accused in the Television Ratings Points scam, nine months after registering an FIR in the case. Allegations against the Television personality pertain to his purported chats with BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta and specific techniques used to manipulate Republic TV’s TRP. A total of 22 people had, prior to this, been named in the case including CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council Partho Dasgupta and Republic TVs CEO Vikash Khanchandani. On 24 March, the Bombay High Court had granted Goswami limited protection from arrest in his petition alleging “serious mala fides" against the police, especially against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh.