India, May 20 -- Update | May 20, 08:58 PM

Travel tech major EaseMyTrip has said its chairman and cofounder Nishant Pitti has no connection with the Mahadev app betting case and called reports about it "entirely baseless, misleading, and devoid of factual merit".

"We categorically and unequivocally deny the allegations reported in connection with our founder and chairman, Mr. Nishant Pitti, concerning the so-called Mahadev app betting case. These claims are entirely baseless, misleading, and devoid of factual merit," the company said in a statement.

"Mr. Pitti has had no involvement, direct or indirect, with any illegal betting operations or entities related to the Mahadev app. EaseMyTrip, as an organisation, upholds the highest standa...