ED attaches assets of TV channels for manipulating TRP

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached immovable and movable properties in the form of land, commercial and residential units in Mumbai, Indore, Delhi and Gurgaon and balances in bank account totaling `32 crore of television channels Fakt Marathi, Box Cinema and Maha Movie under money laundering charges for manipulating TRP of television channels.

Investigation under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has revealed that the ‘Proceeds of Crime’ for these channels is to the tune of Rs 46 crore.

The ED had initiated investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by the Mumbai Police.