VARANASI: After enjoying a luxurious stay and meals from breakfast till dinner at Hotel Taj Ganges for four days, a man fled without paying the bill of Rs 2.04 lakh in November.
ACP Cantt Vidush Saxena on Tuesday said that on the complaint of the hotel manager, an FIR under section 318(4) (cheating and fraud) was lodged against Sarthak Sanjay of Keonjhar in Odisha with Cantt police station on Monday evening.
Police teams were engaged to search for Sarthak, he added. As per the complaint by the hotel manager, on Nov 14, Sarthak booked a luxury suite at the hotel after providing his Aadhaar card as identification proof and stayed there for four days. He enjoyed all the hotel amenities, including meals during his stay.
On Nov 18, when the hotel staff inquired about the period of his stay, Sarthak mentioned that he would check out by evening. When the staff insisted on a checkout by 11am, he expressed displeasure and agreed to leave by 3pm, asking not to include the next day in the bill. After this, Sarthak ordered a cab, claiming that he was going out for sightseeing and left. When he didn’t return by 3pm on Nov 18, the hotel staff tried to contact him.
However, both the numbers provided by Sarthak were found unreachable. When he did not return by 5pm, the hotel staff alerted the general manager. After waiting for a day, they notified management and opened his room, finding only some clothes. After completing internal formalities, the hotel filed the complaint and submitted CCTV footage and other documents related to his stay.
