Ashneer Grover confirms lookout circular by EoW, posts ‘facts’ on Delhi airport episode

Ashneer Grover said he and wife Madhuri Jain Grover were planning to be in the US from November 16 to November 23. (Image credit: @Ashneer_Grover/Twitter)

BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover said he received summons from the Economic Offences Wing (EoW) on Friday morning after a report said that he and wife Madhuri Jain Grover were stopped at the New Delhi airport on Thursday as they were travelling to New York. The former Shark Tank India judge said he will cooperate with the probe agency.

This comes amid allegations that Grover’s family siphoned off funds from the fintech unicorn on the pretext of offering recruitment services, gave bank accounts numbers that were created after the dates when they were raised, according to a preliminary report of an investigation by the Economic Offences Wing.

Listing “facts” in a six-point note on X (formerly Twitter), Grover said he was planning to go to the US from November 16 to 23.

Hello ! Hello !

Kya chal raha hai India mein ? Filhaal to Ashneer stopped at airport chal raha hai janab.

So facts:
1. I had not received any communication or summon from EOW since FIR in May till 8 AM today 17 morning (7 hours after returning from airport).
2. I was going to… pic.twitter.com/I0OHOXJd6F

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— Ashneer Grover (@Ashneer_Grover) November 17, 2023

“At immigration they said LoC (look out circular) laga hua hai sir - EOW se check kar ke batate hai (At immigration they said LoC has been issued - will check with EOW and let you know),” he wrote.

Indicating that he was not allowed to take the flight, Grover wrote, “Flight left in meantime anyways - EOW folks directed Immigration to let us out so that we can return home.”

The Economic Times was the first to report that Ashneer and Madhuri Jain Grover were stopped at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on Thursday as they were planning to take a flight to New York.

Grover said he found it strange that he has travelled outside India four times since a first information report (FIR) was filed by the agency in May.

“…never been a problem and I had not even been summoned once,” he wrote in one of the points.

Last year, BharatPe had filed a criminal complaint with the Economic Offences Wing on 17 counts, including embezzlement, forgery, and criminal breach of trust, which could land the Grovers in jail for up to ten years if proven guilty.