A report of an internal investigation by Hansa Research in consultation with Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) has revealed that manipulation of TRP has been going on for the past five years on a national level, even before the Mumbai police unearthed the scam this year. Hansa received nearly 40 complaints over the past five years and reported nine of them to the police, and took action in the rest. But, the report does not mention if they tried to find the channels involved.

The report is part of the charge sheet filed by the Mumbai Crime Branch in the Television Rating Points (TRP) scam case. The city police had sought Hansa's report on the probe against complaints received from 2015 to October 2020 to understand their mechanism in dealing with such complaints and action being taken.