After his controversial exit from the highest management place in BharatPe, former managing director Ashneer Grover and his household has landed in authorized hassle, with an FIR filed towards them in an enormous multi-crore fraud case involving the corporate.
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Wednesday registered an FIR towards Ashneer Grover and plenty of members of his household, together with his spouse Madhuri Grover Jain. Other members included within the FIR are Deepak Gupta, Suresh Jain, and Shwetank Jain.
The FIR towards Ashneer Grover has been registered underneath a number of critical offenses reminiscent of 409 (prison breach of belief by public servant, or by banker, service provider, or agent), 420 (dishonest and dishonestly inducing supply of property), 467 (forgery of helpful safety, will and many others), 120B (prison conspiracy) and plenty of others.
Why was FIR filed towards Ashneer Grover?
BharatPe had filed a grievance towards Ashneer Grover and his spouse Madhuri Grover Jain with the Delhi Police in 2022, alleging a Rs 81 crore fraud, prison breach of belief, conspiracy, dishonest, forgery and destruction of proof, resulting in a significant rap sheet for the previous BharatPe MD.
Further, the corporate additionally filed a civil go well with towards Grover and his relations in Delhi High Court looking for the restoration of Rs 88 crore in damages from all of the accused, utilizing numerous sections. Further, a declare was additionally filed in Singapore to stop him from utilizing the founder tag in BharatPe.
In an official assertion, BharatPe mentioned, “The registration of the FIR is a step in the right direction which unearths various suspicious transactions made by the family for their personal pecuniary gains. This FIR will now enable the Law enforcement agencies to investigate deeper into the criminality and bring the culprits to books.”
The additional mentioned, “We have full faith in our country’s judicial and law enforcement systems and are optimistic that this case will reach its logical conclusion. We will continue to extend all possible cooperation to the authorities.”
