Country | India |
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Broadcast area | Indian sub-continent, Middle East, Europe, North America |
Headquarters | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Malayalam |
Picture format | 480i |
Ownership | |
Owner | Mangalam Publications |
History | |
Launched | 26 March 2017 |
Links | |
Website |
www |
Mangalam TV is an Indian 24 hours Malayalam-language satellite news channel headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
On its launch day, [1] Mangalam TV, aired a telephonic audio clip in which Transport Minister AK Saseendran is allegedly heard speaking in a sexually explicit way to a person, [2] [3] whom the channel claimed was a housewife. [4] Saseendran resigned as minister the same day. It was Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who had inaugurated the channel launch. [5]
Later, the channel CEO Ajith Kumar apologised and admitted that it was a sting operation done using a woman journalist of the channel [6] after having denied it earlier. [7]
On April 4, the CEO and four mediapersons of the channel were arrested by the police for airing “ obscene conversation” and criminal conspiracy. [8] [9]
Later, Saseendran was acquitted in the case after the complainant, who had earlier alleged sexual harassment turned hostile in court and he returned as minister. [10] [11]
Country | India |
---|---|
Broadcast area | Indian sub-continent, Middle East, Europe, North America |
Headquarters | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Malayalam |
Picture format | 480i |
Ownership | |
Owner | Mangalam Publications |
History | |
Launched | 26 March 2017 |
Links | |
Website |
www |
Mangalam TV is an Indian 24 hours Malayalam-language satellite news channel headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
On its launch day, [1] Mangalam TV, aired a telephonic audio clip in which Transport Minister AK Saseendran is allegedly heard speaking in a sexually explicit way to a person, [2] [3] whom the channel claimed was a housewife. [4] Saseendran resigned as minister the same day. It was Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who had inaugurated the channel launch. [5]
Later, the channel CEO Ajith Kumar apologised and admitted that it was a sting operation done using a woman journalist of the channel [6] after having denied it earlier. [7]
On April 4, the CEO and four mediapersons of the channel were arrested by the police for airing “ obscene conversation” and criminal conspiracy. [8] [9]
Later, Saseendran was acquitted in the case after the complainant, who had earlier alleged sexual harassment turned hostile in court and he returned as minister. [10] [11]