Shares of One97 Communications, which owns the Paytm model, fell 8.4 per cent throughout the day to Rs 773.90 however recovered partially and closed at 5 per cent decrease on BSE.
“…we verify that now we have not obtained any such new discover, communication, or question from the Enforcement Directorate concerning the matter talked about within the media articles,” Paytm mentioned in a clarification to BSE terming the knowledge revealed as “factually incorrect and deceptive”.
Drawing consideration to its earlier letter dated September 4, 2022, concerning the Directorate of Enforcement’s (ED) search operations involving sure retailers for whom it offered cost processing options, Paytm mentioned that the situations at the moment being reported by the media pertained to related outdated enquiries concerning third-party retailers.
“We want to make clear that these retailers are impartial entities and usually are not a part of our group. We verify that we had absolutely cooperated with the authorities and had complied with all their directives,” Patym mentioned in a BSE submitting.
Paytm additional clarified that opposite to media stories there was no probe on the corporate or its subsidiaries, and the ED’s probe is on third-party retailers.
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“We urge buyers and stakeholders to not depend on unverified media stories and guarantee you that ought to any materials developments happen, we are going to promptly disclose the identical in accordance with SEBI (Itemizing Obligations and Disclosure Necessities) Rules, 2015,” it mentioned.