Man stays in a 5-star hotel for two years, piles up a bill of N57 million, and then disappears without paying.
The hotel management accused Ankush Dutta of fraud after he remained at a five-star hotel in Delhi for nearly two years without paying his bill.
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The Roseate House hotel near the airport filed a lawsuit against Dutta and some of his employees for allegedly conspiring with him to avoid payment.
Dutta booked into the hotel on May 30, 2019, with a scheduled check-out the next day.
He did, however, extend his stay by a whopping 603 nights, ultimately leaving on 22 January 2021. During his stay, he accumulated nearly N57 million in unpaid debts.
The hotel management claimed that the Man colluded with them. A plotted with his staff to conceal his rising debts by changing accounts and erasing entries.
According to hotel policy, if a guest owed more than N300,000, the personnel should notify senior management in order to pursue payment. However, it is thought that the workers engaged broke this guideline.
Furthermore, the hotel stated that Dutta presented fraudulent receipts and three uncashable cheques.
According to the police complaint, Dutta and the hotel personnel used different techniques to avoid paying the bills, such as erasing entries, fabricating reports, supplying counterfeit cheques and documents, and manipulating the hotel’s electronic system.The guest and the staffers resorted to several ways to avoid paying bills.
According to the police complaint. They owe over Rs 58 lakh. They faked reports, forged checks and documents, and defrauded the hotel by exploiting its technological system.
As a result, a complaint was filed against Dutta and many hotel employees, including the hotel’s front-office manager, Prem Prakash, on conspiracy, forgery, and cheating allegations.
The authorities believe Prakash faked the paperwork and purposefully deleted Dutta’s name from daily reports detailing his hotel costs.
We suspect Prakash fabricated the records. He even erased Dutta’s name from daily reports that included his hotel expenditures, he stated.
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Efforts are currently being made to locate Dutta, who is suspected of defrauding several other hotels throughout India.
The Roseate House hotel, noted for its luxurious accommodations, has rooms beginning at N80,000 per night.
