The Mumbai police on Monday told a local court that Repubic TV editor Arnab Goswami "paid lakhs" to the former CEO of TV ratings agency, BARC, to manipulate ratings of his TV channels. The police further alleged that the arrested ex-CEO of BARC, Partho Dasgupta, was the "mastermind" and fudged viewership numbers and data for financial gain. The police claimed that former BARC COO Romil Ramgarhia also allegedly connived with Dasgupta for manipulation of TRP of certain news channels. The police remand note alleged that Goswami has given "payment in lakhs" to Dasgupta from time to time.