‘TRP scam’ case: HC seeks response from Mumbai Police chief on plea by Hansa

The Bombay High Court on Saturday issued notices to Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh and two other officers to respond to the plea by Hansa Research Group, seeking the transfer of ‘TRP scam’ case probe from the Mumbai Police Crime Branch to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

As interim relief, the court directed Mumbai Police to call Hansa’s employees for inquiry only two days in a week for a ‘reasonable time’ until the next hearing. A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and M S Karnik was hearing a plea by Hansa Research Group, complainant in the case, which has alleged that its employees were harassed by police officers to make false statements “to suit the designs of the crime branch”.