Leela Palace
Man, faking UAE royal links, flees Delhi 5-star hotel leaving 23 lakhs bill
New Delhi/IBNS: A man, who pretended to be an employee of the Abu Dhabi royal family, to stay at a luxury hotel in Delhi for four months, vanished after racking up a bill of Rs. 23 lakhs.
The Delhi Police are looking for Mohammed Sharif, who has been charged with fraud and theft on a complaint by the Leela Palace Hotel management on Saturday.
Sharif checked into Room 427 of the Leela Palace on Aug 1 and left quietly on Nov 20.
The hotel staff claimed he stole several items from the room, including silver utensils and a pearl tray.
On arriving at the hotel in August, Sharif told the staff that he was a resident of the UAE and worked closely with Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the Abu Dhabi royal family, reports said.
He claimed to work with the Sheikh personally and was in India on official business.
He even produced a business card, a UAE resident card and other documents to support his story. To sell his story, he routinely chatted with the hotel staff about his life in the UAE.
The police are inspecting these documents, suspecting them to be fake.
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