The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Mumbai Crime Branch on Tuesday filed a 1,400-page charge sheet against the 12 accused, including the vice president and distribution head of Republic TV and five former employees of Hansa Research in the TRP scam. The charge sheet says that Republic TV, Fakt Marathi and Box Cinema manipulated Television Rating Points (TRP) to get maximum advertisement.

The charge sheet names Vishal Bhandari, Bompellirao Mestri, Shirish Pattanshetty, Narayan Sharma, Vijay Rajendra Tripathi, Umesh Mishra, Ramji Dushnath Varma, Dinesh Pannalal Vishwakarma, Harish Kamlakar Patil, Abhishek Bhajandas Kolvade alias Ajit alias Amit alias Mahadik, Ashish Abhidhur Chaudhary and Ghanshyam Singh, Republic TV's vice president and distribution head. "A comprehensive charge sheet has been submitted before the court. We have concrete evidence against all accused in the form of witnesses and digital and documentary evidence," said Assistant Police Inspector (API) Sachin Vaze.