Daman: In a major breakthrough in fake TRP scam, the Mumbai Crime Branch has detained an employee of a private channel from a hotel on Sunday. The accused was brought to Nani Daman Mumbai and has been kept in custody for further questioning.
Acting on a tip-off, the team of Mumbai police carried out a search operation in Daman's Devka area and took the employee in custody. Further proceedings are underway to get the permission to bring the man to Mumbai. According to the information received, the crime branch team has arrested two persons till now and has refused to comment further.
The Mumbai crime branch is probing the alleged manipulation in TRPs by soliciting and paying certain viewers for watching the said news channels round the clock. The police have stated that three channels, including one English channel and two Marathi channels, were found to be manipulating the TRPs, officials said following a preliminary probe. The Mumbai police commissioner had conducted a press conference and revealed the scam.
A day after the Mumbai police issued summons to the chief financial officer (CFO) of a famed English channel for questioning in the TRP manipulation case, he did not turn up stating the media house had approached the apex court seeking relief. The CFO also informed the police that since the Supreme Court could hear the matter in a week, the process of recording his statement should be held up until then.
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