The CEO of India's leading digital payment wallet Paytm, Vijay Shekhar Sharma landed in a soup! After lending his helping hand for relief work in flood-ravaged southern State of Kerala, the Paytm CEO donated Rs 10,000 for the Kerala relief fund through Paytm and shared a screenshot on Twitter.

He is one of India's youngest billionaire, Sharma's meager did not go down well with Twitterati. With a net worth of $1.3 billion, he was ranked as India’s youngest billionaire in 2017 by Forbes.

Although the entrepreneur contributed to the cause with a good intention, he was called a miser by netizens for donating a small amount. Soon, Sharma had to delete his tweet in embarassment. Check out the reactions to his deleted tweet:

Oh hell!!! This is the lowest low, using a calamity to gain mileage for his brand. @vijayshekhar Shame on you.
— Himika Chaudhuri (@himikac) August 18, 2018

@vijayshekhar you are one disgusting person. I hope your children feel ashamed of you.

That's all I wanted to say. Bye.#KeralaFloods #KeralaFloodRelief pic.twitter.com/NciiP3nLjd
— SanghiLiveWire (@SanghiLiveWire) August 18, 2018

So, billionaire Vijay Shekhar makes a 10 grand donation, then posts a screenshot to promote Paytm & himself. Vile & height of being cheap. pic.twitter.com/O9w9kJBZeE
— Brown Sahiba (@Rajyasree) August 18, 2018

We are extremely proud to announce that we have received contributions of INR 10 Crore+ in less than 48 hours from more than 4 lakh Paytm users across India for #KeralaFloodRelief ?#IndiaForKerala ??
— Paytm (@Paytm) August 18, 2018

Rs. 10K from a billionaire? Not bad to advertise 4 the Paytm app by posting it here & specifically mentioning 2 Paytm app?

Don’t follow cheap capitalist hippies. Use any other means excluding Paytm. @vijayshekhar pic.twitter.com/HQo8t1ZEKH
— Chaddilectual (@Chaddilectual) August 18, 2018

After digging deep into Sharma's donation, it was found that Paytm allows payments of just upto Rs 10,000 at an instance. Till now, 197 deaths have been officially registered in Kerala floods.

Also Read: Thousands Still Waiting To Be Rescued In Rain-Battered Kerala