A person allegedly stayed at a lodge at no cost in Haryana’s Gurugram for almost 5 months, and organized a cover-up for a similar by sending screenshots of ‘faux funds’ amounting to a whopping ₹6 lakhs to the lodge operator.
The accused, 26-year-old Himanshu, who was arrested on Wednesday, had incurred a invoice of ₹6.17 lakhs, PTI news company reported quoting police officers as saying.
He admitted that he got here throughout a YouTube video a couple of faux utility, which confirmed how one may faux on-line funds on the platform and make them seem as a precise dummy, as if cash had truly been credited to the receiver.
“He put in the faux utility during which solely the scanner works, whereas all different options are inactive,” a Gurugram police spokesperson stated.
Himashu, who hails from Haryana’s Sohna, holds a postgraduate diploma in laptop purposes and was working to advertise a YouTube channel on an app.
What had occurred?
The accused has been staying on the lodging at Gurugram’s Golf Course Highway in DLF Part 5 since October 2025, and until February 2026 he made 16 funds to the operator as expenses for his keep, sharing screenshots of every cost through WhatsApp.
The lodge authorities alleged these funds have been fraudulent.
Upon checking newest financial institution statements, the operator got here to know that no cash had been credited within the account. He subsequently registered an FIR at Gurugram’s Sector 53 police station, which led to the arrest of the accused.
“After we checked our agency’s checking account, we discovered that no cost had been obtained. Himanshu was requested for his financial institution assertion, however he refused to offer it and left the lodge on February 24,” lodge operator Tapish Kumar stated in his police grievance based on the PTI report.
He was arrested on Wednesday, following which his cell phone was confiscated. He was produced in a metropolis court docket on Thursday after which despatched to judicial custody.
Additional investigation is at the moment underway.
