Goan Swapnil Naik Poses As VIP Stays At Hotel, Flees Before Paying Rs 1.4 Lakh Bill

BENGALURU: According to a Times of India report, a Goan Swapnil Naik cheated a hotel, travel agency and security agency and ran away without paying his bills.

The Goa-based man, who put up a show of being a VIP and checked into a hotel with five bodyguards, fled without paying the room rent. He is said to have cheated the security agency which provided the bodyguards too.

According to police, the accused is Swapnil Naik, a resident of Goa. On January 2, Naik arrived at Zion hotel in Gandhinagar with five bodyguards and took a room on rent.

On January 8, his wife arrived, and two more rooms were rented for the bodyguards. On January 9, they hired a minibus and went for a trip towards Ramanagara, but little did the hotel staff know that the couple had actually fled.

Probe revealed Naik also cheated the firm from which he had hired the mini-bus and the bodyguards, whom he did not pay.

Raju LN, the hotel staffer, in his complaint said Swapnil and his family did not clear the bill of Rs 1,43,243 towards room rent and food and had fled.

The Upparpet police have registered a case.

Police said they have collected information about Naik’s movement and have launched a manhunt to nab him.

He has been put under technical surveillance and the police are confident of arresting him.