FILE PHOTO: Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma poses for a picture at a clubhouse of a residential building in New Delhi, November 14, 2021. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
March 13, 2022
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian police briefly detained Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the founder and CEO of the fintech firm Paytm in New Delhi in February for a minor road accident, local media said on Sunday.
A case was registered against Sharma by the New Delhi police for “rashness and negligent driving” said Reuters TV partner ANI.
His car was involved in an accident with a senior police official’s car, both vehicles were impounded and the case was under investigation, local news agency IANS reported.
Media reports said Sharma’s Jaguar Land Rover allegedly rammed into a senior police official’s car. It was not clear who was driving the car during the incident.
A senior…
