Republic TV's distribution head, Ghanshyam Singh, has been arrested by the Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) of the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/mumbai-crime-branch-all" target="_blank">Mumbai crime branch</a> on Tuesday in connection with a case of alleged manipulation of news channel ratings. This is the 12th arrest in Television Rating Points (TRP) scam case.
Ghanshyam Singh heads the distribution in the channel run by <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/arnab-goswami-all" target="_blank">Arnab Goswami</a>.
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The names of two more TV channels had surfaced during the investigation by Mumbai police. While one is a news channel, the other one is an entertainment channel, the official said.
The alleged fake TRP scam came to light when ratings agency Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) filed a complaint with the police through Hansa Research Group, alleging that certain channels were rigging TRP numbers to lure advertisers.
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It was alleged that some families at whose houses meters for collecting data of viewership were installed were being bribed to tune into a particular channel.
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