Controversy: Shark Tank Season 1 Fame Ashneer Grover And Wife Get Into LEGAL TROUBLE In A FRAUD Case! (Details Inside)

Ashneer Grover is accused with fraud: Ashneer Grover, the former managing director of BharatPe, his wife, Madhuri Jain Grover, and their three relatives, Deepak Gupta, Suresh Jain, and Shwetank Jain, have all been named in a FIR filed by the Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) for alleged cheating and fraud totaling Rs. 81 Crore. The EOW initiated the FIR on Wednesday in response to a complaint made by the business BharatPe.

The FIR was filed at the address specified in section, 406 (criminal breach of trust), 408 (criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant), 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will, etc.), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code at EOW police station, as per the popular news portal reports. (Also Read: Shark Tank India judge Ashneer Grover recalls when he couldn’t afford Salman Khan as a brand embassador)

According to a senior police official familiar with the inquiry, the Delhi Police received a complaint alleging fraud and cheating, and after conducting an initial investigation into the claims, the FIR was filed.

BharatPe, meanwhile, applauded the EOW's action. The company's statement read, “We welcome the registration of an FIR by the EOW in the company's complaint in relation to the criminal offences by Mr. Grover, his wife Madhuri Jain and other family members. For the last 15 months, the Company has been facing a vicious and malicious campaign run by Grover against the Company, the board and its employees." (Also Read: Ashneer Grover clarifies the rumors about being paid 10 lakhs per episode!)

The company added that the registration of the FIR is a positive move because it reveals a number of dubious transactions that the family may have conducted in order to benefit financially personally. It mentioned, “This FIR will now enable the Law enforcement agencies to investigate deeper into the criminality and bring the culprits to books.”

It also added, "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. MZM legal is advising us (BharatPe) on the criminal case."