Mumbai police on Tuesday filed a chargesheet in a case related to alleged rigging of TRPs by television channels in which 12 persons, including senior executives of Republic TV and two other channels, have been arrested.

The 1,400-page chargesheet, submitted before a magistrate’s court, has cited around 140 people as witnesses. Statements of advertisers alleging cheating are also part of
the chargesheet, an official said.

Among those arrested are Republic TV’s western region distribution head Ghanshyam Singh. Republic TV and the other accused have denied wrongdoing.

Two of the arrested accused had expressed willingness to become approvers and their statements under Section 164 of the CrPC (admissible in court) were recorded before a magistrate, an official said.

A supplementary chargesheet of 2,000 pages will be filed later, the official added.