November 23, 2024 00:11 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
UK can arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits country based on ICC warrant | Centre to send over 10,000 additional soldiers to violence-hit Manipur amid fresh violence | Chhattisgarh: 10 Maoists killed during encounter with security forces in Sukma | Baba Siddique murder case: Arrested Akashdeep Gill used a labourer's hotspot to evade tracking, say police | Donald Trump picks 'smart and tough' Pam Bondi as new US Attorney General after Matt Gaetz withdraws
Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchandani arrested in fake TV rating case
Vikas Khanchandani
Image Credit: Vikas Khanchandani Twitter Handle

Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchandani arrested in fake TV rating case

| @indiablooms | 13 Dec 2020, 11:56 am

Mumbai/IBNS: The Mumbai Police arrested Republic TV chief Vikas Khanchandani in connection with the fake rating scam of the channel.

He is the 13th person to be arrested in the case so far.

The arrest of the top executive came less than a week after the Supreme Court rejected a plea from ARG Outlier Media Private Limited, which owns the Republic Media network, seeking protection for the group and its employees.

"This petition is ambitious in nature. You want Maharashtra police not to arrest any employee and transfer the cases to CBI. You better withdraw this," Justice DY Chandrachud had told the Group.

Republic TV had earlier accused the Maharashtra Police of "hounding" the media house, its Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami and its employees.

The Mumbai Police had filed a First Information Report (FIR) on Oct 6 and started investigations following a complaint filed by Nitin Deokar, an official of Hansa Research.

The FIR names 140 witnesses, including forensic auditors and members of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) which assesses TRPs or Television Rating Points by monitoring select households.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.