BARC data tampering case: Cyber Crime Police arrests 5

Five people have been arrested in Bangalore for trying to tamper with the BARC viewership data. The arrests were made by the Cyber Crime Police following a complaint lodged by the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), stating that viewership data was being hiked through illegal means. 

As per media reports, those arrested include Raju, a TV serial producer, along with Suresh, Jemsy, Subhash and Madhu. 

As per a report carried by the New Indian Express, the police stated, “An FIR was registered in this regard and during the course of investigation, it was found that a group of people were involved in illegally hiking the TRP by using multiple televisions and also by paying a small sum to those people in whose houses the TRP meter would be installed, and asking them to watch a particular channel at a particular time. On getting credible information, police arrested the five accused. Investigations revealed that Raju and his team were working for it. Also, this year, BARC had given a contract to a new firm to install the TRP meters. The role of staff in that firm is also being investigated.”

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