India's famous and controversial news anchor Arnab Goswami accused of TRP fraud, Arnab announced to file a defamation case against the Commissioner of Police.

 (Sindh Tribune) : 

India's famous and controversial news anchor Arnab Goswami and his channel Republic TV have been accused by Mumbai police of tampering with television rating points TRP. Mumbai Police Commissioner Prambir told a press conference that the TRP was being fixed and two employees of a company called Hansa involved in the scam have been arrested. During the interrogation of the arrested accused, it was found out that BARC had installed barometers all over the country, including Mumbai, to measure the TRP of TV channels، The maintenance contract was awarded by BARC to a company called Hansa. Two employees of Hansa Company shared confidential data with two Marathi channels and Republic TV. Singh said that Republic TV had given a bribe of Rs. 400 to Rs. 500 to each householder to watch only Republic TV. The investigation also revealed that people who had TRP rating devices in their homes were paid to watch Republic TV. The police commissioner revealed that the poor and illiterate people who do not understand English, who could not speak English, were paid to watch only English Republic TV channels, whether they were at home or not. The Mumbai Police Commissioner said that there was information that the TRP was managed by paying money, in which the name of a company named Hansa has also come to light. The Hansa Company oversees BARC work. An employee of Hansa has been arrested. Mumbai Police Crime Branch team has claimed to have exposed the fraudulent TRP racket. Mumbai Police Commissioner Prambir Singh told a press conference on Thursday that after BARC complaint, the Crime Branch team found a fraudulent TRP racket in the investigation. Prambir Singh said that TRP was being manipulated by this racket. Singh said that a fictitious agenda was being run by him. Prambir Singh said that so far three news channels have come to light in this racket, in which there are two small Marathi news channels, one of which is Fakht Marathi and Box Cinema. Apart from them, the name of Republic TV has also come to the fore. The owners of the two Marathi channels were arrested on Thursday, Prambir Singh said. He said that if any other news channel is named in this regard, action will be taken against it. The Mumbai Police Commissioner said that there was information that the TRP was managed by paying money, in which the name of a company named Hansa has also come to light. The Hansa Company oversees Bark's work. Police Commissioner Prambir Singh said that the advertisers of these channels would be questioned. Republic TV's bank account will be checked. Funds received from advertisers will be scrutinized and may be frozen if anything objectionable occurs. The police commissioner said that the fraud was reported by Hansa, which involved some former Hansa employees and some current employees.
Arnab Gosswami's respond
Reacting to the matter, Arnab Goswami, editor-in-chief of Republic TV, said that Prambir Singh had made false allegations against Republic TV because we had raised questions about the investigation into the Shant Singh Rajput case. Republic TV will file a criminal defamation suit against him.

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RepublicFightsBack: The FIR and key witness in the TRP case name India Today several times, without a single mention of Republic. "Armed with facts, we will fight this at every level," roars Arnab Goswami pic.twitter.com/gkIINjEh9v

Arnab Goswami alleges that our channel Republic TV is being targeted by the Maharashtra government and Mumbai police. "I will file a criminal defamation case against Commissioner of Police Prambir Singh," Goswami said in a statement.