Delhi Police Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested a family member of BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover in connection with the alleged misappropriation of funds with the fintech company, police officials said on Friday.

Deepak Gupta, Ashneer Grover's family member and former Head of Procurement at BharatPe's parent company was arrested for the ₹81.3 crore BharatPe case

Deepak Gupta is married to the sister of Madhuri Grover, Ashneer Grover's wife, who previously served as BharatPe's head of controls

The arrest of Deepak Gupta is a major development in the ongoing legal battle between BharatPe and Ashneer Grover.

Delhi Police Economic Offences Wing (EOW) arrested Deepak Gupta, a family member of Ashneer Grover, the former Managing Director and co-founder of BharatPe, in connection with allegations of misappropriating funds from the fintech company.

The Delhi Police Economic Offences Wing (EOW) arrested Deepak Gupta, a relative of Ashneer Grover, the former Managing Director and co-founder of BharatPe, on allegations of misappropriating funds fro

Deepak Gupta, the former Head of Procurement, who is married to the sister of Madhuri Grover (wife of former BharatPe managing director Ashneer Grover), was taken into custody on the evening of September 19.

Deepak Gupta, brother-in-law of Ashneer Grover, is accused of instructing vendor Amit Kumar Bansal, who was arrested this year for alleged association with a number of vendors at the centre of the alleged embezzlement of funds from the company.