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This Article is From Nov 24, 2020

Mumbai Police File Chargesheet In Fake TRP Case

Mumbai Police File Chargesheet In Fake TRP Case
A police officer with a protective mask stands on a street in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)

The Mumbai Police on Tuesday filed a charge sheet in a court here in the alleged television rating points rigging case.

The chargesheet was submitted before a magistrate's court by the police's Crime Intelligence Unit, which is conducting a probe into the case, an official said.

The crime branch so far arrested 12 persons, including Republic TV's distribution head, in connection with the case.

The fake TRP scam came to light last month when ratings agency Broadcast Audience Research Council filed a complaint through Hansa Research Group, alleging that certain television channels were rigging TRP numbers.

Hansa had been tasked with installing barometers, which record viewership data (which channel has been watched and for how long) at sample households.

TRP is important as advertising revenue of channels depends on it.

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