India, Oct. 4 -- The Delhi International Airport is said to have stood witness to the dramatic detention of a serial startup founder last week. According to multiple sources Inc42 spoke to, Ankit Maheshwari was picked up by police soon after he disembarked an international flight and flown to Kolkata, where he was arrested on charges of alleged fraud.

The Dataisgood founder was presented before the Calcutta High Court on September 26, the sources told Inc42, refusing to be quoted in a subjudice matter.

But, what played behind the unfolding of the arrest saga remains unclear. Inc42 has reviewed an FIR filed in May 2025 by Kantika Mukherjee, a resident of Kolkata, whose LinkedIn profile shows her as the deputy director of LawSikho, anothe...