<p>A man who allegedly posed as an official of a UAE royal family and fled from a Delhi hotel without paying the bill of Rs 23.46 lakh was arrested from his home at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district, police said on Sunday.</p>.<p>Mahamed Shareef, a 41-year-old graduate, had claimed that he was a senior functionary in the ‘Office of His Highness Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan’ of the UAE government and gave a fake business card and UAE resident card, while checking into The Leela Palace in the national capital on August 1 last year. He stayed in room number 427, till November 20, and allegedly fled without settling the bill of Rs 23.46 lakh, besides taking away valuables, including silver bottle holders.</p>.<p>Following investigations after the hotel approached police, investigators tracked Shareef to his residence at Puttur and arrested him on January 19. A four days’ transit remand was taken from a court there.</p>.<p>In a complaint to the police, The Leela Palace officials said, “it seems the guest purposely gave these cards to create a false image and garner extra trust with an intent to cheat and deceive the hotel at a later stage.”</p>.<p>According to the hotel, Shareef made a few part settlements to the tune of Rs 11.5 lakh in August and September last year. The dues stood at Rs 23,48,413, against which Shareef allegedly gave a post-dated cheque worth Rs 20 lakh. </p>.<p>This cheque was submitted to the bank on September 22, but it bounced due to insufficient funds in Shareef’s account, the hotel said in its complaint. A Delhi court on Sunday remanded Shareef in two days’ police custody.</p>.<p>Duty magistrate Shivangi Vyas sent him to custodial interrogation, noting that police had to recover certain articles, which were allegedly stolen by him, from his residence in Delhi. </p>
<p>A man who allegedly posed as an official of a UAE royal family and fled from a Delhi hotel without paying the bill of Rs 23.46 lakh was arrested from his home at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district, police said on Sunday.</p>.<p>Mahamed Shareef, a 41-year-old graduate, had claimed that he was a senior functionary in the ‘Office of His Highness Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan’ of the UAE government and gave a fake business card and UAE resident card, while checking into The Leela Palace in the national capital on August 1 last year. He stayed in room number 427, till November 20, and allegedly fled without settling the bill of Rs 23.46 lakh, besides taking away valuables, including silver bottle holders.</p>.<p>Following investigations after the hotel approached police, investigators tracked Shareef to his residence at Puttur and arrested him on January 19. A four days’ transit remand was taken from a court there.</p>.<p>In a complaint to the police, The Leela Palace officials said, “it seems the guest purposely gave these cards to create a false image and garner extra trust with an intent to cheat and deceive the hotel at a later stage.”</p>.<p>According to the hotel, Shareef made a few part settlements to the tune of Rs 11.5 lakh in August and September last year. The dues stood at Rs 23,48,413, against which Shareef allegedly gave a post-dated cheque worth Rs 20 lakh. </p>.<p>This cheque was submitted to the bank on September 22, but it bounced due to insufficient funds in Shareef’s account, the hotel said in its complaint. A Delhi court on Sunday remanded Shareef in two days’ police custody.</p>.<p>Duty magistrate Shivangi Vyas sent him to custodial interrogation, noting that police had to recover certain articles, which were allegedly stolen by him, from his residence in Delhi. </p>