The secretary of Paytm's chief, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Sonia Dhawan, had planned to extort it from him; Husband, colleague helped

Long-time secretary of Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder of Paytm, is among the three arrested for allegedly attempting to extort 20 crore from 20 Rs crore to the founder of the wallet giant After threatening to disclose personal data said Monday

Sonia Dhawan, who has been working with Mr. Sharma for 10 years, has planned the extortion offer, according to Noida's police. With another Paytm employee, Devender Kumar, and her husband Rupak Jain, she had threatened to divulge information and misuse information "to cause the loss of the business and harm her image. public authorities, "officials said.

by a police team, while a fourth person in the plan is still missing. This man, Rohit Chomal, is a resident of Kolkata who allegedly called for extorting Ajay Shekhar Sharma, Mr. Sharma's brother.

"The owner of Paytm complained to the police that their employees, a woman and her co-workers, they were demanding 20 crores of rupees for not having revealed it," said Lt. senior police officer Ajay Pal Sharma.

It is unclear what data was stolen, police said. 19659003] Sonia Dhawan had access to her laptop, cellphone and computer and reportedly transmitted data to the man who had telephoned extortion.

The three persons were charged with theft, extortion, fraud, breach of trust and conspiracy. .

Paytm confirmed in a statement that the Noida police had arrested three people, including one employee.

"The employee along with two other accomplices tried to stop extorting money from Vijay Shekhar Sharma on the pretext of divulging his personal data." We stand by our colleagues' side. that the police investigation reaches a significant conclusion, "said the company.

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