Man blows up a luxury hotel in India and stays 603 days without paying for a stay (Reproduction/Instagram)
A man identified as Ankush Dutta committed a scam at a luxury hotel in India and stayed there for 603 days without paying for his stay. According to The Indian Express, the scammer caused $70,000 (about R$333,000) in damage to the facility. The police have already been called by those responsible and the investigation is ongoing.
Dutta booked a room at Roseate House Hotel in New Delhi on May 30, 2019. He was originally scheduled to leave the property the next morning, but that didn’t happen until January 22, 2021, making it nearly two years since his checkin. in.
According to the newspaper, representatives filed charges of conspiracy, forgery and fraud against several employees. With this in mind, police are investigating the possibility that the scammer enlisted assistance or bribed Roseate officials to tamper with and tamper with the records during his stay.
The local media have already pointed out one of them. Dutta had an accomplice named Prem Prakash, a former employee who is said to have played a key role in the scheme. Prakash acted as reception manager and had unlimited access to the Roseate House database.
“It is alleged that hotel employees forged, added and deleted numerous entries of said guest’s account in the hotel’s system. This system is used to maintain and monitor the stay/visit of guests and their accounts. “The accounts were falsified in order to disguise management’s actual outstanding debts and thus prevent discovery of their intentional wrongdoing,” the hotel’s complaint reads.
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Property records also show that Dutta was moved from one room to another. He even had his stay at the hotel reduced to 308 nights in order to show a lower value than the actual one. Agents suspect that Prakash used his credentials to break into and modify the system.
Hotel policy requires that the CEO be notified if a guest’s outstanding bill exceeds 72 hours. It is not yet known why Dutta’s extended stay remained undiscovered for so long. After the concerns have been raised, the authorities will continue the investigation. So far no one has been arrested.
The Roseate House opened in 2016 and has 216 rooms. As part of the outdoor and leisure area, the property also features a luxurious spa, a community workspace, several restaurants and swimming pools. On average, the daily rate in the hotel is 8500 rupees, which is R$ 500 at current exchange rates.
A luxury hotel room in India costs an average of R$500 at the current price (Photo: Reproduction/Instagram)