Wherehouse.io Cofounder Detained By Delhi Police 

Supply chain intelligence startup Wherehouse.io’s cofounder Vaibhav Chawla was detained by the Delhi Police for unspecified reasons and released hours later, sources told Inc42.

The development comes just days after Chawla announced that he was shutting down the startup. 

In a LinkedIn post, Chawla said that the Wherehouse.io team was also questioned and detained by authorities. “The team of Wherehouse was detained without any documents, only to be released after families showed up at the police station,” Chawla alleged in the post.

“Wherehouse means nothing if we can’t protect the very people who built it,” he added.

The reason and details of the detention remain undisclosed. The story will be updated on receiving additional information about the case. 

However, in his LinkedIn post, Chawla indicated towards a “frivolous” complaint being filed against the startup, which led to this chaos. Details about this alleged complaint have not yet been released publicly. 

“We have written to anyone and everyone we could think of help but we have lost the battle here. It’s not worth fighting for. In the due course of months, we would proceed with transition of brands and teams and prepare for what comes next,” Chawla added.

Founded in 2021 by Chawla, Jeevan Prakash and Lavelesh Sharma, Wherehouse.io offered a network of micro-warehouses for consumer brands for faster deliveries. 

The startup claimed to have a presence in more than 20 cities with around 2,500 operational warehouses. The startup was backed by the likes of Better Capital, Titan Capital and Java Capital, but hadn’t raised funds since its seed round in 2021. 

The story will be updated once more information is available about the detention as well as the official reasons for the same.