The man was arrested on a recent complaint from the South Park Hotel. (Representative)
Thiruvananthapuram:
A 65-year-old man, who allegedly used to stay in five-star hotels and walk away without paying bills, was caught near Kollam railway station on Sunday and sent to judicial custody for 14 days, police said.
The man was arrested on a recent complaint by South Park Hotel, a five-star establishment in the heart of the state capital, where he stayed and then left without paying the bill, said an official of the Cantonment police station. I went.
The officer said that he also stole a laptop from there.
His mobile number was traced during the probe and his picture from the CCTV footage of the hotel was also circulated, the official said.
Thereafter, his mobile was found near Kollam railway station and a team from Cantonment police station with the help of Kollam police arrested the accused, the official said.
Police said that preliminary investigation has revealed that he has committed such fraud several times in the past in Kerala and other states like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Goa.
“We are waiting for people to identify him from the picture being circulated and only then can we say with certainty how many times he has committed this type of crime,” the official said.
Police said that during initial interrogation, he claimed that he was unmarried and had no family.
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