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Former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta has claimed that he has received heavy amount of money from Arnab Goswami to ensure that Republic TV performed well when it came to TRP rankings. The confession was given by Dasgupta in written to Mumbai police, according to Indian Express report. He even claimed that he received Rs 50 lakh spread out over three years in exchange for his help.
Republic TV editor in chief, Arnab Goswami has found himself embroiled in quite the controversy recently. In a rather sensational announcement at the beginning of October last year, Commissioner of Police Param Bir Singh had named Republic TV and two smaller TV channels as being party to an alleged TRP (Television Rating Point) scam. Since then, there have been several other developments with the names of other media organisations cropping up and multiple people being arrested. Goswami however remains firmly in the eye of the storm.
Earlier this month, the Mumbai Police released a massive number of WhatsApp messages purportedly exchanged between Arnab Goswami and Partho Dasgupta over the course of several years. The messages appear to indicate that the Republic TV chief had prior knowledge of events such as the Balakot air strike and many have dubbed this “damning evidence”.
