E-commerce website ShopClues’ co-founder Sandeep Aggarwal went on a bashing spree via Facebook posts against his estranged wife and co-founder Radhika for multiple reasons he listed. He, in his post, alleged that Radhika was having an illicit affair with co-founder Sanjay Sethi. She went on to expel other founding team members, tampered with the company’s Wikipedia page, etc. he wrote.
This emotional outburst was followed by Aggarwal’s team informing the media that he had filed a criminal defamation case against Sanjay Sethi and Radhika in Delhi courts earlier in March for allegedly downplaying his role in creation of the online marketplace.
A statement released by his team on Monday said:
Sandeep has been wronged on multiple counts by people he trusted the most. He is deeply hurt and while he stands by each and every word, he regrets having made the emotional outburst and using public media to express it. He lost the love of his life, ShopClues, and hardly gets to see kids and that took a toll on his emotions... while he stands by each and every word, he regrets having the emotional outburst and using public media to express it.
ShopClues was founded in 2011. Sandeep handed over the reins of the company to his wife as he was allegedly involved in an insider trading case in the US in 2013.
‘Sandeep’s Allegations Are Baseless’
When contacted, ShopClues denied any knowledge about the defamation cases filed by Sandeep. “The company is not aware of any of those cases. Officially, we are aware of the two cases FBI and SEC (in the US) have against him – both of which he has pleaded guilty to and he is awaiting sentencing in both of those. Sandeep has been separated from the company since 2013 after his indictment,” a ShopClues spokesperson wrote in an e-mailed reply to PTI.
Radhika, who is currently the chief business officer at ShopClues, said she is shocked by the unfounded and baseless allegations made in Sandeep's Facebook posts.
I am shocked by unfounded and baseless allegations being made. In the interest of privacy of my family, I will not be commenting on any personal matters, however, ShopClues was always a team effort and by God’s grace and hard work of a strong team, ShopClues has become a force to reckon with and I want to focus my time and energy to do what I owe to my employees, my investors, my country and myself.
(With inputs from PTI.)
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