Man allegedly stayed at 5-star Indian hotel for nearly 2 years without paying

NY Post ^ | 06/23/2023 | Yaron Steinbuch

[ChicagoConservative27]

A man walked into a five-star Indian hotel and booked a room for one night – then extended his stay by almost two years and allegedly skipped his roughly $70,700 bill when he left.

Accused fraudster Ankush Dutta booked a room for a single night at the swanky Roseate House hotel in Delhi on May 30, 2019, but stayed an extra 603 nights and left on Jan. 22, 2021, The Indian Express reported, citing a police complaint.

He allegedly left behind unpaid bills amounting to 5.8 million Indian rupees, or over $70,700, the newspaper reported.

Management accused the staff of helping Dutta turn Roseate House into a freebie extended-stay hotel.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Wow, the staff helped. What a scam

[Still Thinking]

I was gonna say he had to have help, otherwise he could extend all he wants and they’d still make him settle up after a couple weeks or a month.

[Still Thinking]

Reminds me of the guy that bought a first class airfare, hung out in the first class lounge, then rebook one day at a time for like a year.

[blueunicorn6]

Give him a Brown Beaver Swirlie!

[rktman]

He could check any time he liked but he could never leave. Welcome to the five star hotel in Delhi..... Sorry!

[libh8er]

I looked it up. That’s a nice hotel

[Still Thinking]

Lol

[Still Thinking]

Hotel Delhifornia

[AnthonySoprano]

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I’m tired of all the Pence articles.

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[rktman]

😂😂😂😂👍

[albie]

That’s about $95 per night which is a great bargain at a 5 star hotel! Even better if you don’t pay of course

[AnthonySoprano]

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Oh, I thought it read Indiana.

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[dforest]

Is is last name Harkle?

[dforest]

Oh come on, I live in Indiana. We only have 5 Star Motel 6 where the lights are always off. /s

[Red Badger]

And here I thought Indians were really good at running hotels..........................

[himno hero]

Maybe Laurence Jamieson or Freddy Benson

[pepsionice]

Go check out rates for Turkish beach resort 5-star hotels (with breakfast/dinner included).

[Yo-Yo]

Smack dab in the middle of COVID lockdowns and travel prohibitions. Wonder if that had anything to do with the scam.

[choctaw man]

Maybe Dutta was the Budda... :)

[xxqqzz]

A 5* hotel in India doesn’t cost as much as in NYC.