Tag: TRP

  • Former Mumbai police chief: ‘Delhi lobby’ angry with Shiv Sena

    Former Mumbai police chief: ‘Delhi lobby’ angry with Shiv Sena

    Last month also questioned the NIA’s move to investigate an explosive-laden SUV found near the home of industrialist Mukesh Ambani.

    Two days after Param Bir Singh was removed from the post of Mumbai Police Commissioner, the Shiv Sena on Friday defended him, saying that his transfer does not make him a criminal, and alleged that “a special lobby in Delhi” upset him. . The Television Rating Points (TRP) scandal surfaced during his tenure.

    Why Mumbai Police holds press meeting on TRP scam, High Court asks

    In Maharashtra, the ruling party questioned the National Investigation Agency (NIA) move in investigating explosive SUV parked near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s house last month, saying the agency usually investigates cases related to terrorism, but this case there There was no terrorist angle involved.

    The Maharashtra government on Wednesday transferred Mr. Singh, who handled the Ambani-SUV case, and replaced him with senior IPS officer Hemant Nagrale.

    “A vehicle containing 20 gelatin sticks was found on Mumbai’s Carmichael Road, which has exploded in the state’s politics and administration in the last few days. Param Bir Singh was removed from the post of Mumbai Police Commissioner and senior officer Hemant Nagrale was appointed in his place. These are not routine transfers.

    The suspicious death of Mansukh Deer, who was in possession of an explosive-laden SUV and vehicle near Ambani’s house, is a matter of concern. The opposition BJP has raised some questions on this, but as the state Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) was investigating the case of Deer’s death, the NIA took over the investigation (in a vehicle found near Ambani’s house).

    Hopefully, this is not intended to discredit the state government.

    “The NIA usually investigates cases related to terrorism. But there is no terrorist angle involved in this case and yet it was stepped into it. However, the results of the agency’s investigation into the terrorist attacks of Uri, Pathankot and Pulwama are still a mystery. The party led by Uddhav Thackeray said that 20 gelatin sticks found in Mumbai is a major challenge for the NIA.

    It said that Param Bir Singh had taken over as Mumbai Police Chief during the difficult times of the coronovirus epidemic and boosted the morale of the police force.

    “During his tenure, the TRP scam surfaced. A special lobby in Delhi was angry with him, ”it said.

    The party said that Singh has now been transferred, but this does not make him a criminal.

    It also accused the opposition of politicizing deer deaths and lowering the morale of the state police.

    “At least given the current situation, no one should commit such a sin. If the opposition feels that it can gain power through such means, then it is wrong.

    The opposition tried to get to know the political bosses in the Deer case, saying they should find out on their own. “There are no political bosses in such cases. This is not the culture of Maharashtra.

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  • Why Mumbai Police holds press meeting on TRP scam, High Court asks

    Why Mumbai Police holds press meeting on TRP scam, High Court asks

    The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked why the Mumbai Police held a press conference last year over the alleged Television Rating Points (TRP) scam.

    A bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitle said, “Is there any compulsion on the police to talk to the press?” Why did the commissioner (police) have to talk to the press? ”

    HR started this question after reading in front of Senior Advocate Ashok Mundargi, representing ARG Outlayer Media. Press conference organized by the Commissioner of Police on October 8, 2020.

    HC was hearing a petition filed by Republic TV, against which an FIR was lodged by the Mumbai Crime Branch seeking cancellation.

    Mr. Mundargi told the bench that an FIR was registered against Republic TV on October 6, 2020 and the Commissioner of Police mentioned the channel in a press conference on October 8. “However, the company is not named in the FIR,” he said.

    He said that on 13 October, the editor-in-chief and owner of the channel, Arnab Goswami, ran a show stating that the channel is not involved in the TRP scam. Two days later, a case of abetment to suicide was registered against Mr. Goswami in Raigad and he was arrested on 4 November.

    Mr. Mundargi mentioned the names of the employees of the channel and said that there was a glitch in showing him as an accused in the remand applications on December 13, 2020, and then the suspect in the charge sheet by the Crime Branch on January 11, 2021.

    The court intervened and said, “We are not getting into names, just the facts of the case.”

    Now the matter will be heard on 17 March.

    On October 8, 2020, Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh stated that a TRP racket was busted which included Republic TV, Box Cinema and Fake Marathi. He had said that the channels were manipulating TRPs and involved distorting the system used by Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) to rate television channels.

    A total of 2,000 barometers have been installed in Mumbai to monitor the TRPs and BARC has given a confidential contract to monitor the barometer.

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