Man leaves India 5-star hotel without paying US$70,000 bill after staying for 603 days
- Ankush Dutta checked into Delhi’s Roseate House for a night and stayed almost two years before checking out without settling his dues
- The hotel filed a police complaint alleging fraud among its staff who helped the guest evade his bills by falsifying accounts
The guest, identified as Ankush Dutta, checked into Delhi’s Roseate House on May 30, 2019, and booked a room for one night, according to The Indian Express, which first reported the news.
He kept extending his stay and left 603 days later on January 22, 2021 – without paying his bills, which amounted to 5.8 million Indian rupees, or over US$70,700, the newspaper reported, citing a police complaint filed by the hotel’s board.
The hotel, located near Delhi’s main international airport, alleges its staff helped Dutta evade his dues by falsifying accounts.
The hotel wrote in the police complaint that staff “forged, deleted, added and falsified a large number of entries” in the guest’s account, per The Indian Express.
“The accounts were falsified to conceal the actual outstanding dues from the senior management to avoid detection of their wilful illegal acts,” the hotel added in the complaint.