This escalated quickly. An eventful January timeline of BharatPe's saga:
Jan 5 - An audio clip was posted by an anonymous Twitter account where Ashneer Grover hurled expletives towards a Kotak employee for missing out on share allotment during Nykaa's IPO.
Jan 5 - An audio clip was posted by an anonymous Twitter account where Ashneer Grover hurled expletives towards a Kotak employee for missing out on share allotment during Nykaa's IPO.
Jan 6 - Grover claims that the clip is fake; on his Twitter account, he wrote, "Folks. Chill! It's FAKE audio by some scamster trying to extort funds.”
Jan 7 - Grover deletes his tweet and tells the media that he did it because the audio clip is no longer on social media.
Jan 7 - Grover deletes his tweet and tells the media that he did it because the audio clip is no longer on social media.
Jan 9 - Kotak Mahindra Bank responds to say that they will take legal action against Grover - confirming the validity of the audio clip. A leaked document of Grover’s legal notice sent to Kotak in October 2021 also became public.
Jan 17 - ET reported that Ashneer Grover also had an altercation with Sequoia India's Harshjit Sethi in August 2020
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Jan 18 - The CapTable reported that Bhavik Koladia, one of BharatPe's Co-founder, was convicted in the US for credit card fraud. Koladia leads product and technology at Bharatpe.
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Jan 19 - BharatPe announces that Grover is taking voluntary leave till March-end to rejuvenate himself 
Jan 27 - Suhail Sameer CEO, BharatPe says the board is united on Ashneer Grover's issue and is reviewing internal governance processes.
"Any company does not run solely on one individual."
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"Any company does not run solely on one individual."
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Jan 27 - Centrum Group Chairman Jaspal Bindra said, "Ashneer Grover is definitely not on the board today. Till things are settled, he will not be."
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Jan 29 - Reuters reported that BharatPe's investors have hired PwC and Alvarez & Marsal to carry out an independent governance audit.
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Jan 29: Bharatpe issues a statement confirming that the board has approved a financial audit.
Hours later, Mint reports:
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Hours later, Mint reports:
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Following Mint’s report, Bharatpe board clarifies that it’s not fired Grover.
https://twitter.com/chandrarsrikant/status/1487442414214455299
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