Synopsis
The dust has settled after one of the biggest showdowns in the Indian startups ecosystem. Following Ashneer Grover’s unceremonious exit, the fintech unicorn has been trying to begin a new chapter. But what really triggered Grover’s ouster? ET Prime pieces together several unknown details in the saga that unfolded after a whistleblower’s e-mail to BharatPe’s board members and investors.
In January this year, the whistleblower committee of BharatPe received a strange e-mail. Its subject line had only one word — “Fraud” — and the text field was blank. This was a few days after an audio clip of BharatPe co-founder and MD Ashneer Grover threatening a Kotak Bank employee over a phone call had gone viral — an episode which many believe culminated in his ouster from the payments startup two months later. But contrary to popular
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