A woman from Andhra Pradesh, who was recently arrested for cheating a posh hotel in Delhi’s Aerocity of over Rs 6 lakh, had only Rs 41 in her account after she was arrested, police said.
Police, however, said they had not been able to ascertain the woman’s motive behind the act yet.
Delhi Police has written to its counterpart in Andhra Pradesh to know if they could provide her actual address and details about her family members.
“The woman was interrogated and counselled by our experts but she was not cooperating with us. We asked her to show her bank account details but she failed to do so,” another official told PTI.
He added that when the police checked her bank account, they found it had only Rs 41 as the balance amount.
The accused, Jhansi Rani Samuel, resided at the Pullman Hotel in Aerocity near Delhi Airport for 15 days, and allegedly made fraudulent transactions worth around Rs 5,88,176, the police said.
According to hotel staff, she presented a counterfeit identity card under the name Isha Dave at the spa facility, where she availed services amounting to Rs 2,11,708.
While claiming to make transactions through a UPI app, Jhansi Rani Samuel demonstrated the process to the hotel staff. However, during payment reconciliation, it was revealed that the bank had not received any payment, leading officials to suspect the legitimacy of the app used.
The accused woman is reportedly uncooperative in the ongoing investigation. Initially asserting that she is a doctor and her husband, residing in New York, is also a doctor, this information is yet to be verified, according to the official.
Following a PCR call by the hotel staff, Jhansi Rani Samuel was arrested by the Delhi police on January 13. Initially charged with cheating, additional sections, including 419 (punishment for cheating by impersonation), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating), and 471 (using a forged document as genuine) of the IPC, were later added to the FIR.
(With PTI inputs)
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