Proceeding with its vendetta against Republic TV, today Mumbai police interrogated the CEO, COO, and a senior official of the distribution group of the media channel for 20 hours altogether. However, Mumbai police was more keen on know-how Republic TV accessed the Hansa Research complaint that totally exposed the falsehoods sold by Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh.
The police official had named Republic TV as the denounced in the TRP trick case, blaming the channel for making installments to BARC boards homes to watch the channel. Yet, the FIR recorded for the situation, and the complaint documented by Hansa Research, in light of which the FIR was enrolled, had uncovered that it was India Today which was named in both the archives, not Republic TV. Yet, the Mumbai Police under the Shiv Sena drove the Maharashtra govt decided to shield India Today, and attempted to Republic TV rather for the situation, regardless of having no proof. Republic TV has given a news discharge following the scrutinizing of its authorities by Mumbai police.
Days after Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh, in a proclamation, blamed Republic TV for ‘TRP manipulation’, Republic TV had gotten to the 7-page Hansa research Group complaint, based on which a FIR was enlisted in the TRP manipulation case. In opposition to the story set forth by the Mumbai Police, the grievance completely specifies India Today on two events yet doesn’t make any reference to Republic TV or different channels.
The Hansa Research Group Pvt Ltd, the organization that deals with the Bar-o-meters of BARC that estimates TV viewership, had documented the objection against unknown people and two of its workers, in particular, Vishal Bhandari and Dinesh Vishwakarma. They were blamed for making payments to family units where the gadgets are introduced to watch India Today for at least 2 hours a day.
The report matches with the FIR enlisted by the Mumbai Police on the protest of Hans Research into TRP control. The FIR, which came to hours after Mumbai Police Commissioner had named Republic TV, likewise specifies the name of India Today, blaming that cash was paid to board homes to watch the channel for 2 hours per day. Neither the protest nor the FIR makes reference to the name of Republic TV, in spite of the cases of the official.
But despite this revelation, Mumbai Police had continued to take action against Republic TV, while taking no action against India Today at all. Republic TV owner and editor Arnab Goswami had said that the channel will file a defamation case against Param Bir Singh for naming the channel in the case. The Chief Financial Officer of Republic TV, S Sundaram has also moved the Supreme Court challenging the summons issued to the network by the Mumbai Police in connection with the ‘Fake TRP’ case.