The New Delhi district police have arrested three ingenious cheats who used to check in expensive five star hotels and then dupe the hotel staffers and unsuspecting members of dance troupes whom they used to invite for audition. Their modus operandi was simple and they very quietly stole the laptops and other expensive gadgets after they busy giving audition for their so-called upcoming film.
"The accused were identified as Madan Sharma (28), Dinesh Arora (27) and Naushad (22). They used to stay in expensive hotels impersonating themselves as film producers and directors. This gang is involved in more than 12 incidents of cheating in various parts of the country. The accused had also registered with 'Just Dial'. They used to give fake identity cards as proof and the hotel staff did not match the face with the proofs provided by them," said SBS Tyagi, Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi District).
A complaint was made by the General Manager of Corus hotel, Connaught Place about Kapoor Production House in Mumbai. They had to reserve around 10 to 15 rooms in the Hotel from July 7 till July 17. The accused also said that stars like Mika Singh, Raj Babar and Anupam Kher will visit the Hotel too. The accused borrowed around Rs. 25,000 from the general manager on some pretext. later they fled from the hotel while the groups performed. The hotel suffered a loss of around Rs 1,14,000. The gang cheated many hotels including a hotel in Jalandhar, 'Vikram' Hotel in Agra, Hotel Jai Singh in Gwalior, Hotel Clark Inn, in Jaipur, Pushkar Resort in Ajmer, Amar Hotel in Noida, Hotel Narula in Panipat, Hilton Hotel in Nehru Place and they had also booked rooms in Hotel Maurya Sheraton in Delhi and took Rs 15,000 from a travel agent for booking his fleet of cars during the shooting of their 'film'.