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TRP Scam: Remand note states Arnab Goswami paid ex-BARC chief to rig show rating
Updated On: 28 December, 2020 12:00 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
In the remand note of Partho Dasgupta, the Mumbai Police have claimed that the ex-BARC CEO favoured Republic TV by misusing his position and manipulated TRPs in favour of Republic TV
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Republic TV chief Arnab Goswami. File Pic
Mumbai police, on Monday, said that lakhs of rupees and expensive gifts were paid by Republic TV Editor-in-Chief, Arnab Goswami, to Partho Dasgupta, former CEO of the Broadcast Research Audience Council (BARC), to manipulate TRP ratings.
Dasgupta, the former CEO of Broadcast Research Audience Council (BARC), was arrested in Pune on Thursday and produced before a Mumbai court on Friday, December 25. According to the police, Partho Dasgupta played a major role in making Republic TV the number one news channel since its launch in 2017.
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