Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma has been depicted in the media occasionally as a little bit of a showboat, his reputation as the country's youngest billionaire on the Forbes 100 list no doubt contributing to it.

But recently, many observers were left reeling when news broke that Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma's close aide and one of his oldest employees, Sonia Dhawan, was arrested on the charges of blackmailing him.