Mangalam TV

Mangalam TV is a 24 hours Malayalam satellite news channel headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Mangalam TV
CountryIndia
Broadcast areaIndian sub-continent, Middle East, Europe, North America
HeadquartersThiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Programming
Language(s)Malayalam
Picture format480i
Ownership
OwnerMangalam Publications
History
Launched26 March 2017
Links
Websitewww.mangalam.com/news/about-mangalam.html
Availability
Satellite
Sun Direct
(India)		Channel 227

Controversy

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. Interestingly, 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]

References
  1. "mangalam tv: Launch-day sleaze puts TV CEO, four journalists in headlines | Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  2. "Minister A K Saseendran phone talk Mangalam tv exclusive launching YouTube 360p - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  3. "Kerala minister AK Saseendran quits over alleged obscene phone call with woman". Hindustan Times. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. "Kerala sleaze audio case: Mangalam TV channel CEO, 4 others arrested". Hindustan Times. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  5. Akshay (6 March 2017). "ചാനല്‍ മത്സരം കൊഴുപ്പിക്കാന്‍ മംഗളം ടെലിവിഷനും; മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി നിലവിളക്ക് കൊളുത്തി ഉദ്ഘാടനം ചെയ്തു". https://malayalam.oneindia.com (in Malayalam). Retrieved 22 July 2020. External link in |website= (help)
  6. "Mangalam TV CEO apologises for sting against former minister". The Indian Express. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  7. "'Will you stop journalism if HONEY TRAP proved'?; Mangalam CEO tongue tied in Editors Hour - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  8. "Kerala sleaze audio case: Mangalam TV channel CEO, 4 others arrested". Hindustan Times. 5 April 2017.
  9. Legal, India (11 April 2017). "Trouble in store for Mangalam TV". India Legal. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  10. "NCP's AK Saseendran acquitted; set to return to Kerala state cabinet". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  11. "After acquittal in sleaze talk case, AK Saseendran returns to Kerala cabinet". The Financial Express. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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