Aniruddha Malpani Zerodha Scam: After allegedly being unable to withdraw more than Rs 5 crore from his demat account, an investor from Mumbai has accused well-known online trading company Zerodha of operating a “scam.” Dr. Aniruddha Malpani’s withdrawable balance was Rs 18 crore, according to the post.
Dr Malpani, who is an IVF specialist and an angel investor, shared screenshots of his Zerodha account on X (formerly Twitter). The images showed a total account value of Rs 42.9 crore, a used margin of about Rs 24.46 crore locked in trades and a withdrawable balance of Rs 18.46 crore. He alleged that the platform restricted him from withdrawing more than Rs 5 crore in a single day.
“A maximum of Rs 5 crores can be withdrawn per day,” according to a snapshot of the Zerodha app that Dr. Malpani provided. Requests for immediate withdrawals must total between Rs 100 and Rs 2,000,000 each day. The trading account’s withdrawable balance must be available before the withdrawal limit can be reached.
Nithin Kamath said, “Hi Dr, your payout requests were processed yesterday. We need to ensure, for the sake of our systems’ sanity (like all other financial services firms), that we have some checks in place when clients withdraw funds. As you can imagine, numerous potential issues can arise during the withdrawal process, and once funds are paid out, there is no way for us to recover them. Hence, Rs 5 crore is the threshold at which we ask customers to create tickets to withdraw.”
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Hi Dr, your payout requests were processed yesterday. We need to ensure, for the sake of our systems' sanity (like all other financial services firms), that we have some checks in place when clients withdraw funds
As you can imagine, numerous potential issues can arise during… https://t.co/dfrj56Hyxi pic.twitter.com/8hhCW0DRFO
— Nithin Kamath (@Nithin0dha) November 4, 2025