New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- Virat Kohli's spokesperson has strongly denied claims that the former India captain was paid Rs.5 crore to visit spiritual leader Premanand Maharaj's ashram in Vrindavan, describing the allegation as "completely false, baseless and factually incorrect".

The allegation was made by Dinesh Sharma, popularly known as Falahari Maharaj, who is the president of the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Sangharsh Nyas, a religious advocacy organisation based in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.

Sharma claimed that Rs.5 crore was spent to facilitate Kohli's visit to Premanand Maharaj's ashram.

There is, however, no publicly available evidence establishing that Kohli received such a payment. His spokesperson has now categorically rejected the clai...