India, Dec. 2 -- Supply chain intelligence startup Wherehouse.io's cofounder Vaibhav Chawla was detained by the Delhi Police for unspecified reasons, 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...