"Folks. Chill. It's a fake audio by some scamster trying to extort funds (USD 240,000 bitcoins). I refused to buckle. I've got more character. And, internet has got enough scamsters."
The bank alleged that Madhuri and her husband did so because in 2021, Kotak Mahindra Bank refused to grant shares worth Rs. 500 crore to Grover during the launch of Nykaa's IPO.
• On 10 May 2023, the Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) filed a FIR (first information report) against Madhuri Jain Grover, her husband, Ashneer Grover, and family members Deepak Gupta, Suresh Jain, and Shwetank Jain for an alleged Rs. 81 crore fraud in December 2022 complained by BharatPe. They were charged under eight sections of serious cognisable criminal offences, including 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant, banker, merchant, or agent), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will, etc.), and 120B (criminal conspiracy) During a November 2023 inquiry led by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police, it was revealed that Ashneer Grover and his family members were engaged in financial misconduct by using invoices with earlier dates to divert funds. The funds were purportedly for services they never actually provided to the fintech unicorn. On 16 November 2023, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police prevented Madhuri and Ashneer from travelling to the United States at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on the basis of a Look out Circular (LoC) that was issued against them by the EOW earlier in the same month. After the incident, Ashneer took to X to address the matter and share his side of the story. He clarified that he had not received any summons or LoC notice. He went on to mention that he became aware of the LoC seven hours after he returned home with Madhuri, as it was delivered at his house.
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