THE CONTROVERSY

 It all began in February 2017, when the Bengaluru-based homestay network,

Stayzilla, suspended its operations and announced that it was “looking to reboot
the company with a different business model.”
 Less than a month later, on March 8, Aditya CS, owner of JigSaw Solution and
Advertising, filed a complaint against Stayzilla founder and CEO Yogendra
Vasupal with the Central Crime Branch in Chennai. This was followed by an
FIR with charges of fraud, criminal breach of trust and criminal intimidation on
March 13. Within days, Vasupal was arrested on charges of cheating and
swindling up to $265K (INR 1.72 Cr).
 Aditya of JigSaw Solution also claimed that he had proof of the Stayzilla
founders syphoning money from the company accounts into their personal
accounts as well as into accounts of their own family members, who did not
hold any position in the company.
 in December 2016, when he had asked the founders regarding the dues, Sachit
had criminally intimidated him and threatened Aditya with dire consequences if
he continued demanding for clearance of his dues.
 Just hours before his arrest, Yogendra had written a blogpost on Medium
highlighting the issues faced by him and his co-founder Sachit. The blog
highlighted how Stayzilla founders were being harassed by their landlord and
vendors demanding money and payback.