Mumbai's Esplanade Court on Monday rejected bail of former Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) CEO Partho Dasgupta, who was booked last year in connection with TRP scam case. On December 30 last year, Dasgupta was sent to two-week-judicial custody by Esplanade court. He was arrested from Pune on December 24, 2020.

Mumbai Police had earlier arrested Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchandani in the alleged TRP manipulation case. He was subsequently granted bail. Republic TV channel's distribution head and assistant vice-president Ghanshyam Singh was also arrested in connection with the case.

In October, Mumbai Police had arrested four persons, i.e, namely two former employees of a market research company, along with owners of two channels, in the case. The police have named several channels in the TRP manipulation case.

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