Start-up CEOs show solidarity; Vasupal said his business partner Sachit Singhi was also threatened
In a surprising turn of events, co-founder of homestay aggregator Stayzilla Yogendra Vasupal alleged that he was arrested under mysterious circumstances. He also rubbished the cheating charges labelled against him over unpaid dues.
Vasupal wrote a detailed account of his ordeal in a blog post titled "Help! I need everybody". The blog has been posted by his wife Rupal Yogendra on Wednesday after his arrest on Tuesday.
Vasupal said that his business partner Sachit Singhi was also threatened. "Sachit got some doll delivered to his home on March 9th with the image of his son. We are still figuring out what this means," Vasupal wrote.
According to Vasupal, he had conflict with his landlord and another media agency. He filed an FIR against the former who is a local MLA while the media agency filed a complaint against him. The start-up CEO highlights the contrast in the manner the police handled both the cases in great detail in his blog. He posted pictures and videos too.
Conflict with landlord
Vasupal wrote that the landlord had been intimidating and harassing his staff members for a long time. The landlord, he said, was agitated over a payment for which he had got a post-dated cheque for March 7. However, after the landlord assaulted him and his team, Vasupal wrote he approached the police to file an FIR.
"After trying to persuade the in charge to take the case, we returned back with only a promise that the complaint will be heard by a senior officer who can decide the next steps. We went the next day in the morning at 9:30 am. We got an FIR filed by 2pm after various officers got to know that I had video evidence of the assault and that the media had started getting interested in it," Vasupal wrote.
The landlord returned, however, returned with a few people to threaten Vasupal, he approached the police again, he wrote. "When I got to the office, I found 10 policemen there to protect -- 4 of them inside with the landlord, remaining outside. The landlord was comfortably seated and the policemen were pleading with him to leave the premises, which he did after 2 and 1/2 hours of cajoling. I thanked the police and told them that I understood their compulsion," he further wrote.
The media agency case
Vasupal pointed fingers at the Chennai Police alleging that they mislead him. Vasupal alleged that his company had a dispute with the media agency over "deficiency of services" and he had asked them to take up the matter in court.
He claimed that on March 9 two policemen visited his residence in Bengaluru asking him to accompany them to the police station for questioning regarding this case.
"I was told that there is a case against me by somebody from Chennai for cheating, intimidation and etc. I recognised the name of the complainant and informed them that there was a dispute between 2 companies and we had asked the other company to take it up in the court," Vasupal wrote.
Vasupal added that he told the police, "I don’t personally owe anybody money and I am wondering how can they get confused on such a basic matter as this was a clear civil case. I also pointed out (to the police) that we have been asking the other company to take it to court if they felt they were wronged as we felt within our right. I also pointed out that my company is also owed close to 7 crores from various debtors but I am not going around filing false criminal cases against them."
Vasupal wrote a detailed account of his ordeal in a blog post titled "Help! I need everybody". The blog has been posted by his wife Rupal Yogendra on Wednesday after his arrest on Tuesday.
Vasupal said that his business partner Sachit Singhi was also threatened. "Sachit got some doll delivered to his home on March 9th with the image of his son. We are still figuring out what this means," Vasupal wrote.
According to Vasupal, he had conflict with his landlord and another media agency. He filed an FIR against the former who is a local MLA while the media agency filed a complaint against him. The start-up CEO highlights the contrast in the manner the police handled both the cases in great detail in his blog. He posted pictures and videos too.
Conflict with landlord
Vasupal wrote that the landlord had been intimidating and harassing his staff members for a long time. The landlord, he said, was agitated over a payment for which he had got a post-dated cheque for March 7. However, after the landlord assaulted him and his team, Vasupal wrote he approached the police to file an FIR.
"After trying to persuade the in charge to take the case, we returned back with only a promise that the complaint will be heard by a senior officer who can decide the next steps. We went the next day in the morning at 9:30 am. We got an FIR filed by 2pm after various officers got to know that I had video evidence of the assault and that the media had started getting interested in it," Vasupal wrote.
The landlord returned, however, returned with a few people to threaten Vasupal, he approached the police again, he wrote. "When I got to the office, I found 10 policemen there to protect -- 4 of them inside with the landlord, remaining outside. The landlord was comfortably seated and the policemen were pleading with him to leave the premises, which he did after 2 and 1/2 hours of cajoling. I thanked the police and told them that I understood their compulsion," he further wrote.
The media agency case
Vasupal pointed fingers at the Chennai Police alleging that they mislead him. Vasupal alleged that his company had a dispute with the media agency over "deficiency of services" and he had asked them to take up the matter in court.
He claimed that on March 9 two policemen visited his residence in Bengaluru asking him to accompany them to the police station for questioning regarding this case.
"I was told that there is a case against me by somebody from Chennai for cheating, intimidation and etc. I recognised the name of the complainant and informed them that there was a dispute between 2 companies and we had asked the other company to take it up in the court," Vasupal wrote.
Vasupal added that he told the police, "I don’t personally owe anybody money and I am wondering how can they get confused on such a basic matter as this was a clear civil case. I also pointed out (to the police) that we have been asking the other company to take it to court if they felt they were wronged as we felt within our right. I also pointed out that my company is also owed close to 7 crores from various debtors but I am not going around filing false criminal cases against them."
Threats to Sachit
"These are the images of the black magic dolls with an image of Sachit’s kid allegedly sent to his home on March 9," Vasupal wrote adding a few images.
"These are the images of the black magic dolls with an image of Sachit’s kid allegedly sent to his home on March 9," Vasupal wrote adding a few images.
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