Param Bir Singh admits TRP Case was a hoax, allegations against Republic TV were part of a political conspiracy
During an interrogation by ED, Singh alleged Sachin Vaze was taking instructions from Anil Deshmukh in the TRP case
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Mumbai, February 4: Ex-Police Commissioner of Mumbai Param Bir Singh confirmed that the TRP case against Republic Media Network was a hoax, and was part of a planned conspiracy against journalist Arnab Goswami.
Republic TV, which has released a news statement while responding to the development has said, “All these statements which are on-record and have complete legal validity completely prove that there was a massive political, police, and media conspiracy against the Republic Media Network and, personally, against its Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami. The statements of Mr Param Bir Singh and Mr Sachin Vaze, both of whom, fronted and amplified the hoax charges against the Republic Media Network, reveal the malicious intent behind targeting India’s fastest-growing and most popular national news network.”
In his statement, Param Bir Singh took contrasting stands, saying that Deshmukh along with Shiv Sena’s Transport Minister Anil Parab, was complicit in giving instructions to Sachin Vaze for important cases being investigated by CIU.
Both Param Bir Singh and Sachin Vaze have admitted the government’s role in curbing the press freedom of Republic Media Network while falsely implicating Arnab Goswami and his channel in a falsely curated TRP case.
During an interrogation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Singh alleged that ex-Police Officer Sachin Vaze was taking instructions from the then Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in the TRP case along with other cases.
Param Bir Singh has said to ED that “Sachin Vaze was taking briefing and giving instruction in the TRP case directly from the ex-Home Minister (Anil Deshmukh)” without any remorse for carrying out a false investigation sanctioned by powers of the state. Sachin Vaze had also admitted that NCP politician Anil Deshmukh had personally wanted Arnab Goswami to be arrested in this made-up TRP case.
Republic TV, which has released a news statement while responding to the development has said, “All these statements which are on-record and have complete legal validity completely prove that there was a massive political, police, and media conspiracy against the Republic Media Network and, personally, against its Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami. The statements of Mr Param Bir Singh and Mr Sachin Vaze, both of whom, fronted and amplified the hoax charges against the Republic Media Network, reveal the malicious intent behind targeting India’s fastest-growing and most popular national news network.”
The media network has demanded an investigation on the role of members in corporate media who allegedly amplified claims of the false case. Contrasting to Parambir’s claims, Anil Deshmukh who appeared before the ED, had said that it was Param Bir Singh himself who was the mastermind of the Antilia Bomb case.
In his statement, Param Bir Singh took contrasting stands, saying that Deshmukh along with Shiv Sena’s Transport Minister Anil Parab, was complicit in giving instructions to Sachin Vaze for important cases being investigated by CIU.
Both Param Bir Singh and Sachin Vaze have admitted the government’s role in curbing the press freedom of Republic Media Network while falsely implicating Arnab Goswami and his channel in a falsely curated TRP case.