Jewellery worth Rs 48 lakh seized from BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta s locker
Bhushan Koyande
The Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIU) of the city crime branch investigating the Television Rating Points (TRP) scam has seized jewellery worth Rs 48 lakh from the bank locker of former Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) CEO Partho Dasgupta, who was earlier arrested in the case. The police claimed that the said jewellery had been procured from the money he had received for TRP manipulations.
In Wednesday s remand application, Mumbai police reiterated that Dasgupta allegedly received kickbacks in lakhs from Republic TV s Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami for helping his channel gain top ranking. Police checked a joint bank locker belonging to him and his wife after Dasgupta, in his voluntary statement to the police, said he had kept the said jewellery in the locker. According to the police, they have seized gold and silver jewellery weighing around 1.3 kg worth Rs 48 lakh from the locker.
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Mumbai: A court here on Wednesday remanded Partho Dasgupta, a former CEO of rating agency BARC who has been arrested in the Television Rating Points (TRP) scam, in 14 days judicial custody.
Dasgupta, who was produced before the court after his police custody ended, also filed a bail application.
His lawyer Kamlesh Ghumre argued that Dasgupta was CEO of the
Broadcast Audience Research Council but there was a board of directors and a disciplinary committee above him.
His bail plea will be heard on 1 January
30 Dec, 2020 - 05:17 PM IST | By indiantelevision.com Team
NEW DELHI: Ex-BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta, who was arrested earlier this month in connection to the alleged TRP manipulation scam, has been sent to 14-day judicial custody by 8th Esplanade magistrate court in Mumbai.
Dasgupta, who was produced before the court after his police custody ended, also filed a bail application. His lawyer Kamlesh Ghumre argued that Dasgupta was CEO of the Broadcast Audience Research Council but there was a board of directors and a disciplinary committee above him. The bail plea will be heard on January 1.
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Mumbai police have alleged that Dasgupta misused his official position and manipulated the TRP of certain TV channels.
PTI 30 December 2020 outlookindia.com 2020-12-30T17:04:50+05:30
A court here on Wednesday remanded Partho Dasgupta, a former CEO of rating agency BARC who has been arrested in the Television Rating Points (TRP) scam, in 14 days judicial custody.
Dasgupta, who was produced before the court after his police custody ended, also filed a bail application.
His lawyer Kamlesh Ghumre argued that Dasgupta was CEO of the Broadcast Audience Research Council but there was a board of directors and a disciplinary committee above him.