Man Flees Delhi 5-Star Hotel Leaving Rs 23 Lakh Bill, Posed As Staffer Of UAE Royal Family
A man, who pretended to be a resident of the United Arab Emirates and an employee of the royal family of Abu Dhabi, is on the run after he stayed at Delhi's Leela Palace Hotel for over four months and left without paying the bills.
Complaint by Leela Palace management?
The man has been identified as Mohammed Sharif and left?without settling an outstanding bill of Rs 23.46 lakh.?He?has been charged with fraud, theft and impersonation on a complaint by the Leela Palace Hotel management on Saturday.?The?complaint against the accused also states that he allegedly stole silverware and other items from the hotel room number 427.
Police said Md Sharif stayed at the five-star hotel from August 1 to November 20 last year. He then left without informing anyone. The Delhi Police is currently on a lookout for him.
Said he worked with Abu Dhabi royal family
On arriving at the hotel in August, Sharif had told the staff that he was a resident of UAE and worked closely with Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the Abu Dhabi royal family.He said he worked with the Sheikh personally and was in India on official business.
He even produced a business card, a UAE resident card and other documents to corroborate his story. To sell his story, he routinely chatted with the hotel staff about his life in the UAE.
The police are inspecting these documents, suspecting them to be fake.
The bill for the room and services over his four-month stay was ? 35 lakh. He paid ? 11.5 lakh and left without paying the rest. He had given the staff a cheque for ? 20 lakh dated November 20, the day he fled the hotel.
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