Ashneer Grover writes to BharatPe; seeks action against CEO for 'despicable behaviour'

controversy surrounding Ashner Grover, co-founder of BharatPe, continues to rage and firm and its previous CEO were seen engaging in a verbal spat. Grover filed a letter to company's board of directors on Friday, requesting that Suhail Sameer, company's CEO, be fired for making derogatory statements about him on social media.

Earlier, on Wednesday, Karan Sarki a BharatPe IT associate posted on LinkedIn claiming he and or employees h not received ir March salaries. “We were with BharatPe ever since company started and now we are nowhere because of your internal politics," Karan Sarki wrote on LinkedIn, tagging BharatPe CEO Suhail Sameer and co-founders Ashneer Grover and Shashvat Nakrani. 

Grover, responding to Karan Sarki's post on LinkedIn, asked Bharatpe CEO Suhail Sameer to look into this issue. He wrote, “Folks please look into this. Not done - ir salaries have to be paid first before anything”.  Aashima Grover, Ashneer Grover's sister, too, chimed in, calling BharatPe's top management a "shameless bunch."

Responding to this, BharatPe CEO Suhail Sameer took a jibe at Aashima Grover by saying, “Tere Bhai ne saara paisa chura liya (your bror stole all money). Very little left to pay salaries."

Ashneer's letter to BharatPe

After Suhail Kumar's remarks, Ashneer Grover wrote a letter to BharatPe seeking action against current CEO for his remarks me on social media. "Sameer’s language in response to aforesaid social media post is not only defamatory but “also blatantly a public lie and mission of company being bankrupt by no less than its own CEO and member of board," he wrote.

Grover's letter, reviewed by news agency PTI, re:

"Going by precedents and self-proclaimed high standards of this board, CEO should be immediately served a show-cause notice for his despicable public behaviour and immediately put on a leave of absence to manage damage to brand of company. 

"Suhail has to conclusively prove to board that he was not under influence of alcohol and drugs when he put said reply on LinkedIn... Moreover, Chairman Rajnish Kumar should immediately resign. current incident clearly brings out fact that Rajnish Kumar condoning life threat to me by Bhavik Koliya from his own house and all planned media leaks leing to my resignation in self-respect, have furr emboldened current management to act like hooligans” 

BharatPe issues official statement 

However, in a statement, BharatPe denied social media comments alleging that company has not paid salaries to its employees.

"BharatPe strongly denies any social media comments which suggest that company has not paid salaries to its employees. All employees of company have been paid ir March salary in full. As per company policy, employees serving ir notice period will receive ir full and final settlement amount in due course as per company policy,” BharatPe's official statement re.

Grover was ousted from all responsibilities by BharatPe board last month after an audit report revealed major governance violations during his tenure. "Mr Grover is no longer an employee, a founder, or a director of company as a result of his misdeeds," board stated in a statement.

Grover resigned as managing director and a director on company's board of directors day before, following a two-month-long controversy. Also, it is pertinent to mention that Ashneer Grover and his wife Mhuri Jain Grover were accused of financial irregularities. y "grossly misused" company expense accounts to support ir extravagant lives, according to BharatPe.