It has been a bad couple of day for the start-up world, as yet another company perished under the perils of the ecosystem. Yogendra Vasupal, Co-Founder, Stayzilla recent shut shop. It was a normal occurrence in the start-up globe if it stopped at that.

Once a start-up shuts shop, a vendor settlement procedure follows, which according to Stayzilla’s media agency, Jigsaw, didn’t happen, and the former owes the agency a whopping sum of INA 1.56 Crore.

Vasupal was arrested late in the night, since then his whereabouts have not been unknown.

The start-up community soon took to Twitter, demanding the authorities and the fraternity look into the matter. #ReleaseYogiNow has been doing round on social media with the start-up world fighting tooth and nail to get Yogendra back to safety.

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Vasupal who claims that all the settlements were made, uploaded a cry for help on Medium, on March 14, narrating an extremely distressed account of how he was being harassed by his landlord and Aditya CS.

The article has recording of calls made by Aditya to Vasupal, with Jigsaw owner using derogatory language for Yogendra’s wife. It also shared images of a voodoo doll sent to his co-founder Sachit with his young son’s image attached to it.

Call for action

Hey startup founders & employees tweet in support of Stayzilla & Yogendra use hashtag #ReleaseYogiNow. Also tag @narendramodi @rajnathsingh

— Unicon Baba (@uni_con1) March 15, 2017

Stayzilla founders are in deep trouble and it's time we stand up for them. https://t.co/YSJuuAJ8Er pic.twitter.com/BKM7lND3Ch

— NextBigWhat (@nextbigwhat) March 15, 2017

Shradha Sharma takes a stand!

If u are powerful, criminal case will become civil case & if u are weak, civil will become criminal. Tragedy of our systems.#ReleaseYogiNow

— Shradha Sharma (@SharmaShradha) March 15, 2017

Very sad and wrong. Bail petition can be moved only tomorrow now, was delayed- to get certified copy of FIR and SDM order. #ReleaseYogiNow

— Shradha Sharma (@SharmaShradha) March 15, 2017

We are family!

We can talk about being a #startup hub!When it comes to supporting entrepreneurs,system lags behind terribly.#ReleaseYogiNow @SharmaShradha

— Zargar Basharat (@bazargar) March 15, 2017

What happened to the founders of @stayzilla is shocking. The entire #startup community needs to stand up for them. #ReleaseYogiNow

— Sneed (@SneedNow) March 15, 2017

Let the law take its course, but intimidation of #stayzilla founders crosses a line. It's unhealthy for entrepreneurship in India. (1/2)

— Sachin Bansal (@_sachinbansal) March 15, 2017

Entrepreneurship is future of our country; Let us "Save Entrepreneurs, They will save India" #stayzilla @InMobi

— Naveen Tewari (@NaveenTewari) March 15, 2017

No wonder, in this country, we were warned not to start business, and not get into politics.

Do both. Fight for fair trial. #Stayzilla #in

— Santosh Panda (@santoshpanda) March 15, 2017

Working to see how we can sort out @stayzilla issue with my counter part in Chennai. Will be reaching out to him soon.

— Priyank Kharge (@PriyankKharge) March 15, 2017

Raise your voice and do your bit

Let's all come together to Voice this out.Stayzilla Founders(Yogi and Sachit)need our help. Stop this Harassment..#stayzilla #raiseyourvoice

— Anitha Ravindra (@anni0827) March 15, 2017

Many startup founders, including myself, have seen the ugliness of getting on the wrong side of people with bad intentions. #stayzilla

— Kunal Bahl (@1kunalbahl) March 15, 2017

Let's all come together to Voice this out.Stayzilla Founders(Yogi and Sachit)need our help. Stop this Harassment..#stayzilla #raiseyourvoice

— Anitha Ravindra (@anni0827) March 15, 2017

The incident brings to light the grey, rather crimson on the start-up world to an all new level. We urge the digital world to come together and do their bit!