Ashneer Grover, Wife Summoned by Delhi Police Day After Being Stopped at Airport – News18

The Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing has summoned BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover and his spouse Madhuri Jain for questioning in reference to an alleged Rs 81-crore fraud at the fintech unicorn, police sources mentioned on Friday.

The couple has been requested to seem at the Economic Offences Wing’s (EOW) Mandir Marg workplace on November 21 to affix the probe being carried out on a grievance by BharatPe, the sources mentioned.

The growth got here hours after Grover in a submit on X claimed that he was stopped at the Delhi airport on Thursday when he and his spouse had been travelling to New York for trip.

EOW officers confirmed the summons and informed PTI that the couple was stopped after a lookout round was issued towards them.

The EOW filed an FIR towards Mr Grover, Madhuri Jain and their members of the family Deepak Gupta, Suresh Jain and Shwetank Jain in May within the alleged ₹ 81-crore fraud case.

BharatPe alleged that Mr Grover and his household precipitated damages of about ₹ 81.30 crore by illegitimate funds to bogus human useful resource consultants, inflated and undue funds by passthrough distributors linked to the accused, sham transactions in enter tax credit score and cost of penalty to GST authorities, unlawful cost to journey companies, cast invoices by Madhuri Jain and the destruction of proof.

EOW sources mentioned the officers filed a standing report in courtroom on November 7.

If convicted, the accused faces between 10 years to life in jail.

In December 2022, BharatPe additionally filed a civil go well with within the Delhi High Court towards Mr Grover and his household, in search of as much as ₹ 88.67 crore in damages for alleged dishonest and embezzlement of funds.

(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – PTI)