No action against Arnab Goswami, others till Jan 29 in TRP scam

Mumbai: The Mumbai Police on Friday assured the Bombay High Court that it will not take any coercive action till January 29 against Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and other employees of ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd in the alleged fake TRP scam case.

The assurance was given by sr Advocate Kapil Sibal before a division bench of Justices S S Shinde and Manish Pitale which has also extended till January 29, the interim relief for employees of the complainant company in the case, Hansa Research Group, by directing the police to ensure they are called for inquiry for not more than two days a week.

ARG is the parent company that runs all Republic TV channels.

The court was hearing a petition filed by the company headed by Goswami seeking direction for police to restrain them from harassing its employee on the name of investigation of TRP scam. (UNI)