TRP scam: Mumbai court grants bail to Fakt Marathi channel owner

A Mumbai court on Thursday granted bail to Fakt Marathi channel owner Shirish Pattanshetty, who was arrested in the alleged fake TRP scam.

Additional sessions judge P R Sitre granted bail to Pattanshetty on a surety of Rs 50,000, his lawyer Aniket Nikam said.

Nikam earlier argued in the court that his client had not done any rigging of the Television Rating Points nor there was a rise in the TRP of the Fakth Marathi channel.

The revenue of the channel had also not increased during the relevant period, he said, alleging that this was a “witch-hunt”.