TRP case: Police arrest Republic employee

THE MUMBAI crime branch on Tuesday made the 12th arrest in the Television Rating Points (TRP) scam and the first arrest of a person linked to the Republic News Network. Ghanshyam Singh (44) was arrested from his Thane residence early Tuesday morning and was produced before court that remanded him in police custody.

As per the remand report, during the questioning of Abhishek Kolawde, who was earlier arrested in the case, it came to light that it was Singh, Republic TV’s distribution head, who allegedly paid Rs 15 lakh to him at the residence of one Ashish Chaudhary, arrested earlier in the case.