A man from Delhi stayed with his family in a 5-star hotel in Lutyens Delhi. They booked two single rooms on May 28 and stayed there till June 3. He enjoyed all the services of the hotel including food and the bar as well. However, he refused to pay the bill of Rs 3.65 lakh.
When the hotel authorities asked for payment, he showed some fraudulent UTR numbers and claimed that he paid Rs 6.5 lakhs via bank transfer.
The hotel authorities checked to see if there was any such transaction but they found none. When the hotel staff confronted him, he refused to pay the amount, abused them, threatened the staff that he would call the police and frame false allegations against them and even damaged hotel property. Therefore an FIR was registered against him under section 420 IPC (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property). A case has also been registered against the man and his family for availing the hotel services and refusing to pay the bill. Investigations are going on.
