Delhi Hotel Shock: ₹6 Lakh Bill On A ₹41 Budget - How Did She Do It?

It was disclosed by the police that a woman, recently apprehended for defrauding a luxury hotel in Delhi's Aerocity of approximately ₹6 lakh, was found to have only ₹41 in her account after her arrest, on Tuesday.

The motive behind her stay near the airport in Andhra Pradesh-based woman's case has not been ascertained so far.

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How Did She Do It?

According to a senior police officer, a request has been made by the Delhi police to their counterparts in Andhra Pradesh to obtain information on her actual address and details about her family members, reported NDTV.

"The woman was interrogated and counselled by our experts, but cooperation was not provided by her. She was asked to present her bank account details, but she failed to do so," stated another official. It was further added that when her bank account was examined, it was discovered that it had only ₹41 as the balance amount.

The Pullman Hotel, located in Aerocity near the Delhi Airport, was stayed in by the woman identified as Jhansi Rani Samuel for 15 days, during which she allegedly carried out fraudulent transactions amounting to around ₹5,88,176, as reported by the police.

According to the official, the hotel staff informed the police that she utilized a fake identity card, belonging to one Isha Dave, at the hotel's spa facility, obtaining services valued at ₹2,11,708.

The police disclosed that Jhansi Rani Samuel represented to the hotel staff that she was executing the transactions on the ICICI Bank UPI app. However, during payment reconciliation, it was revealed that the bank had not received any payment, leading to suspicions about the authenticity of the app she used.

The official stated that the accused woman was not cooperating with the investigation. Initially, she claimed to be a doctor with her husband, also a doctor residing in New York, but the accuracy of this information is yet to be established. Jhansi Rani Samuel was arrested by the Delhi police on January 13 following a PCR call by the hotel staff, reported NDTV.

Initially charged with cheating, Sections 419 (punishment for cheating by impersonation), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), and 471 (using as genuine a forged document) of the IPC were subsequently added to the FIR, according to the official.