Karan Bajaj, Founder of online coding classes startup WhiteHat Jr which is now owned by ed-tech company BYJUs, has filed a USD 2.6 million lawsuit against Pradeep Poonia, an engineer who publicly slammed the company for its marketing tactics.

According to a TechCrunch report, Poonia has been accused of "infringing trademarks and copyright of properties owned by WhiteHat Jr, defaming and spreading misleading information about the startup and its founder, and accessing the company's private communications app".