Paytm ex-VP still waits for bail plea to be filed

Noida | Thursday | 15th November, 2018

Summary:

The bail plea deserves to be rejected,” reads the judge’s order. Kumar said they would move a bail plea for Sonia "soon", ruling out any disagreement within the family. NOIDA: The district court has rejected the bail plea of Rohit Jain, the husband of former Paytm vice-president Sonia Dhawan, who are both in judicial custody after being accused by Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma of stealing his personal data and trying to extort him.Though Jain’s bail plea was filed in the court of additional sessions judge Nalin Srivastava on November 2, Sonia’s bail application is yet to be submitted. “There isn’t sufficient evidence against my client,” Jain’s lawyer Satish Kumar told TOI on Wednesday. Sonia was Paytm’s communications head when she was arrested for allegedly masterminding the extortion plot..