TN man arrested for cheating Manipal hotel without paying bill

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, December 11, 2024: Manipal police have arrested a 67 year old man from Tamil Nadu for cheating a five-star hotel in Manipal without clearing the bill for his stay and food.

The arrested man is Bimsent John from Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu. He had booked a room in the hotel on December 7 claiming that he had to attend a conference. He had promised the hotel manager of paying advance amount on December 9 and that he would check out on December 12. He stayed and dined at the hotel and the bill amount was Rs 39,298. However the man had escaped from the hotel without paying the amount.

Cheating case

After the hotel authorities registered a case, the police managed to arrest the accused. Investigations revealed that he had cheated many hotels in Kollam, Thane and Delhi in a similar way and that he had 49 cases against him in various police stations across the nation. Once he had even undergone imprisonment for five years in 1996 for the same crime.

The arrested man has been produced before the court and remanded to judicial custody for 14 days.

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