The CBI has registered an FIR in a case of alleged manipulation of Television Rating Points (TRP), primarily based on a grievance filed in Uttar Pradesh.
The case, which was earlier registered at Hazratganj police station in Lucknow primarily based on a grievance of an promoting firm promoter, was handed over to the CBI by the Uttar Pradesh authorities on Tuesday.
According to officers the first allegations relate to manipulation of TRPs in return for cost. The CBI officers refused to give any additional particulars.
The transfer comes at a time when the Mumbai Police can be investigating alleged TRP manipulation by three channels, together with Republic TV, in an analogous case.
A senior UP house division official stated the case was referred to the CBI on the advice of the director common of police (DGP).“The TRP scam is not limited to UP only and involves groups and people spread across several states, according to the FIR. Hence a central agency would be best suited to investigate such a case,” the official stated.
“The CBI has registered a case at the request of the UP government and following a notification from the government of India about taking over the investigation of the case earlier registered by Hazratganj police station in Lucknow,” stated a senior CBI officer, related to the case.
The FIR was lodged on October 17 on the premise of the grievance of 1 Kamal Sharma, who’s described as a regional director in a media and promoting company however was saved below wraps until the CBI finally took over the probe on Tuesday evening.
Television score factors (TRPs) are calculated in India by Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) utilizing a tool known as Bar-O-Meter, which is put in in over 45,000 households throughout the nation. The machine collects knowledge a few program or channel watched by members of those households on the premise of which weekly scores are issued by BARC. –IANS
