Paytm Founder Was Arrested In February For Ramming Delhi Senior Cop’s Car

Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder and CEO of payments platform Paytm, was arrested and later released on bail by the Delhi Police for allegedly ramming a car into the vehicle of a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), on 22 February.

He was booked under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 279 (rash or negligent driving).

The First Information Report (FIR) states that a Jaguar Land Rover, allegedly driven by Sharma, had hit the vehicle of DCP (South District) Benita Mary Jaiker.

As per reports, Constable Dipak Kumar was driving the car to a petrol pump around 8 am when the incident took place outside the Mother’s International School on Aurobindo Marg.