Based on the statements of arrested accused Dinesh Vishwakarma and Ramji Verma and digital evidence, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Mumbai Crime Branch investigating the TRP scam, added the names of two more TV channels in the FIR. It has also added stringent sections of the IPC, as the accused channels have not responded to the summons issued to them.

According to Crime Branch officials, Vishwakarma and Verma confessed that they paid several households having barometers to watch Republic TV, Fakt Marathi and
Box Cinema.