Arnab Goswami, BARC ex-CEO caused Rs 431 crore loss to Times Now: Police

MUMBAI: Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami, in connivance with Partho Dasgupta, former CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council, had manipulated television rating points (TRPs) of Times Now channel between June 2017 and March 2018 causing a loss of Rs 431 crore to the organisation, according to the supplementary chargesheet filed by Mumbai Police on Tuesday.

The crime branch had registered a case on October 6, 2020 after the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) lodged a complaint that certain television channels were rigging TRPs through illegal means. The BARC had installed 2,000 barometers in households in Mumbai to monitor TRPs in a confidential manner.