Cops to investigate why Ramgarhia quit his job and who else was involved with him
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The police remand of Romil Ramgarhia, former Chief Operating Officer (COO) of BARC, arrested in the TRP scam, has been extended till Monday.
Ramgarhia was arrested by the Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) on December 17, after being questioned for five hours.
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According to the CIU officials, some people involved in the scam changed their mobile handsets as soon as the matter came to light, due to which their WhatsApp chats and other data was deleted. The police is trying to recover this data which could be helpful in the investigation.
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Ramgarhia, police said, was in constant contact with Vikas Khanchandani, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Republic TV. On Saturday, Ramgarhia was produced for remand in the court, where the CIU stated that he benefitted monetarily from helping the channel in TRP manipulation. Apart from mobile phones, cops also want to check Ramgarhia’s bank accounts. They are also investigating why he quit BARC.
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According to a CIU police officer, on July 31 this year when Ramgarhia left the BARC job he was offered a senior position at a television channel. “We are investigating that as well,” he added.
CIU police officer Sachin Vaze said, “We are investigating how many more people are involved with Ramgarhia in TRP manipulation.”
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