News Channel CEO Sent To Jail Published by GulteDesk December 16, 2020
A local court in Mumbai has sent the Republic TV CEO to jail. Republic TV’s chief executive officer Vikas Khanchandani has been sent to jail for 14 days. Vikas was earlier arrested by Mumbai police on Sunday in a case linked to manipulation of television ratings.
It is alleged that the channel had manipulated the ratings by inflating audience viewership and thus “cheated” its advertisers to the tune of crores. Mumbai police alleged that Vikas has refused to cooperate with the investigation.
According to police, the TV channel allegedly paid some people to tune into its channel to record the ratings and thus inflate the ratings. The police also investigated some cable operators in connection with the case. It is alleged that LCN and promotional LCN technology was used to manipulate ratings.
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No Coercive Action Against Republic TV s Operator ARG Employees Till January 6: Mumbai Police to HC
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The ARG Outlier Media operates Republic TV. It has approached the HC, seeking, among other things, that the police be restrained from taking coercive action against its employees.
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The Mumbai Police told the Bombay High Court on Wednesday that it will not take any coercive action till January 6 next year against ARG Outlier Media’s officials and employees, who are named in its charge sheet in the alleged TRP (Television Rating Points) rigging case. A bench of Justices S S Shinde and M S Karnik accepted the statement and extended its order protecting such employees till January 6, the next date of hearing in the matter.