Advertisements of Paytm, a digital wallet company, are seen placed at stalls of roadside vegetable vendors in Mumbai, India, November 19, 2016. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade/Files
NEW DELHI: Police have arrested three people, including the spokeswoman for Paytm, the country's biggest digital payments company, after alleged attempts to blackmail its founder and extort 200mil rupees (RM11.30mil) by threatening to leak stolen personal data.
Police said Sonia Dhawan and her two male accomplices were arrested on Oct 22 following a complaint by Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the founder of Paytm's parent One97 Communication.
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