Republic TV had rubbished Param Bir Singh’s declare that the channel manipulated TRPs (File)
Mumbai:
Mumbai Police on Tuesday have issued a summons to Republic TV’s government editor and a journalist working with the channel in reference to the faux Tv Ranking Level (TRP) racket, an official stated.
Niranjan Narayanaswamy, government editor – information and journalist Abhishek Kapoor have been summoned by the Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) at 12 midday on Wednesday, he stated.
On October 10, Republic TV had aired a doc which purportedly belonged to Hansa Analysis Group and “there are cheap grounds to imagine that the summoned individuals are acquainted with sure information and circumstances of the doc and similar is required to be ascertained from them”, the summons stated.
The CIU on Tuesday recorded statements of Pravin Nizar and Nitin Deokar of Hansa company.
The Particular Investigation Staff of the Crime Department additionally visited the workplace of BARC and made enquiries with some officers together with its scientific and expertise officer, the police official stated.
Vinay Tripathi, arrested by the CIU within the case, has been delivered to the town on a transit remand and 4 different accused who had been arrested earlier within the case have been despatched to police custody until October 16, he stated.
The faux TRP rip-off got here to gentle when scores company Broadcast Viewers Analysis Council (BARC) filed a criticism by means of Hansa Analysis Group, alleging that sure tv channels had been rigging TRP numbers.
Hansa is considered one of BARC’s distributors on engagement with panel houses or folks’s meters.
Final week, Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh had claimed that Republic TV and two Marathi channels – Field Cinema and Fakt Marathi — manipulated TRP.
Republic TV has rubbished Param Bir Singh’s claims.
(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is revealed from a syndicated feed.)
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