The channel was at the centre of a furore when Mumbai Police Commissioner asserted that Republic TV paid Rs 400 to Rs 500 as a part of its efforts to manipulate TRP
Sahil Joshi, was heard talking to Tejal Solanki, the same witness who had given a sound byte to Republic TV yesterday implicating India Today in the fake TRP scam.
On 8th Oct, Mumbai Police Commissioner held a press conference where he thundered against Republic TV and Arnab Goswami, claiming, that the channel had illegally increased their TRP