<p>The crime branch of Mumbai Police on Tuesday arrested two former employees of <em>Hansa research agency</em> in connection with the fake Television Rating Points (TRP) racket, an official said.</p>.<p>This takes the number of arrested persons in the case to eight.</p>.<p>Ramji Verma (41) and Dinesh Vishwakarma (37) were working with Hansa agency for a few years.</p>.<p>Verma was arrested from Worli area here, whereas Vishwakarma was apprehended this evening at the Mumbai airport, the official said.</p>.<p>The alleged fake TRP scam came to light when ratings agency Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) filed a complaint with the police through Hansa Research Group, alleging that certain channels were rigging TRP numbers to lure advertisers.</p>.<p>It was alleged that some families at whose houses meters for collecting data of viewership were installed were being bribed to tune into a particular channel.</p>
<p>The crime branch of Mumbai Police on Tuesday arrested two former employees of <em>Hansa research agency</em> in connection with the fake Television Rating Points (TRP) racket, an official said.</p>.<p>This takes the number of arrested persons in the case to eight.</p>.<p>Ramji Verma (41) and Dinesh Vishwakarma (37) were working with Hansa agency for a few years.</p>.<p>Verma was arrested from Worli area here, whereas Vishwakarma was apprehended this evening at the Mumbai airport, the official said.</p>.<p>The alleged fake TRP scam came to light when ratings agency Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) filed a complaint with the police through Hansa Research Group, alleging that certain channels were rigging TRP numbers to lure advertisers.</p>.<p>It was alleged that some families at whose houses meters for collecting data of viewership were installed were being bribed to tune into a particular channel.</p>