On Tuesday, Former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta has been granted bail by Bombay high court for a surety amount of 2 lakhs in TRP rating manipulation case.
Partho Dasgupta, arrested on 24 December on suspected TRP scams, is charged with abuse of his official status and conniving with ARG Outlier Media Limited and Arnab Goswami for TRP ratings and leading republic TV to Number One Private Limited and ARG Outlier Media.
Dasgupta will have to surrender his passport and return to the Mumbai Police Crime Branch on the first Saturday of each month for a period of 6 months and again for a period of three months. He is therefore asked to assist with the prosecution and to testify at the tribunal as summoned.
Earlier this year, numerous TV news channels were suspected by the Mumbai Police of meddling with the TRPs. The police reported that they had uncovered a TRP handling scam after a rehearsal launched after a report by the TV audience measuring firm BARC.
