Assistant Vice President and distribution head of Republic TV Ghanshyam Singh was arrested by the Special Investigation Team of the Crime Branch on Tuesday in connection with the alleged TRP scam. This is the first arrest of a Republic TV staffer since police chief Param Bir Singh took a press conference on October 8 alleging that the channel was involved in TRP manipulation. In another development, the SC will hear today the interim bail plea of TV anchor Arnab Goswami. 

The CB has so far arrested 12 accused in the TRP case including Singh. The SIT arrested Singh from his residence after evidence surfaced that he was directly in touch with the accused who have been involved in TRP manipulation, and some of them have been arrested by the CB. He was produced before a court and has been sent to police custody till November 23. The Crime Branch in its remand application said, "We have found that Ghanshyam gave R2 lakh to another accused, Abhishek Kolawade, to increase the TRP ratings of his news channels, Republic Bharat and Republic TV."