Mumbai police on Friday said the former chief executive officer (CEO) of BARC was the mastermind in the TRP rigging scam. Partho Dasgupta played a major role in making Republic TV the number one news channel since its launch in 2017, they added.

Dasgupta, the former CEO of Broadcast Research Audience Council (BARC), was arrested in Pune on Thursday and produced before a Mumbai court on Friday. The former executive, who was the 15th person to be arrested in the Television Rating Points (TRP) manipulation scam, has been sent to police custody till December 28.