Times Group files criminal complaint against Arnab Goswami for IPR breach

Group seeks to book him under IPC and IT Act for allegedly using Times Now tapes on Republic TV

Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd, also known as the Times of India Group, has filed a criminal complaint against Arnab Goswami, the former  editor-in-chief of the group's Times Now channel and anchor of the popular Newshour that runs on it.

In a complaint filed on Tuesday, May 16, with the Azad Maidan Police Station, Mumbai, the BCCL accused Goswami and Prema Sridevi of theft, criminal breach of trust, misappropriation of property and infringement of BCCL's intellectual properties by using the material on Republic TV on May 6 and May 8. Soft copies of the complaint and an executive summary