Arnab Goswami

The Mumbai Police said that Republic TV's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami had bribed “lakhs of rupees” to the ex-CEO of BARC Partho Dasgupta to increase the TRP of his channel. Reportedly, this was the first time Arnab's name has been surfaced officially in the scam. Police informed that Dasgupta had bought expensive goodies with the bribed amount. They added that the transactions were mostly through cash and once with US Dollars.

Comedian Kunal Kamra and Cartoonist Rachita Taneja have received show-cause notices from the Supreme Court for allegedly defaming the apex judiciary. The issue arose when Kunal, in a series of tweets, had criticized the apex court, Chief Justice SA Bobde, and Justice Chandrachud for granting bail to Arnab Goswami and had alleged partiality. In addition to it, Cartoonist Rachita had called the apex court ‘Sanghi Court of India’.

In the TRP manipulation case, the Mumbai police have detained Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchandani on December 13. Reportedly, Vikas is the thirteenth official arrest under the TRP scam case. The TRP Scam gained attraction after the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) filed a complaint alleging certain channels have involved in generating fake TRP. However, Republic TV has denied the accusations and has termed the arrests as “malicious… read-more

For a three-year-old suicide abetment case, Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami was granted bail by the Supreme Court on November 11. The SC expressed unhappiness towards the Bombay High Court's bail rejection and noted that the lower court made a mistake. Justice DY Chandrachud said, "If a person commits suicide in Maharashtra & blames govt, will CM be arrested?" He further urged the proximity test to prove the allegation.

Journalist Arnab Goswami’s bail plea was rejected by the Bombay High Court on November 9 and he will remain in custody. The Republic TV chief, along with two others - Feroze Shaikh and Nitish Sarda is in jail for the 2018 abetment to suicide case of interior-designer Anvay Naik and his mother. Currently, the journalist is in Taloja jail where he was shifted to on November 8 for allegedly using phone in custody.