A young man stayed at the Lime Tree Hotel in Gurugram's DLF Phase 5 for five months and was duped of ₹6.17 lakh by sending fake payment screenshots. ...read more

A young man stayed for five months at the Lime Tree Hotel and Service Apartments located in DLF Phase 5 on Golf Course Road in Gurugram and availed the facilities.

Under the guise of sending a payment, he sent fake screenshots of the money being sent. When the guest house owner checked his bank statement, he found the money had not been received. Based on the guest house owner's complaint, the Sector 53 police station registered a case of fraud against the accused youth. He was arrested on Thursday during the investigation.

Himanshu  is a resident of Sohna

Tapish Kumar, the operator of the Lime Tree Hotel and Service Apartments, stated in his police complaint that a young man named Himanshu came to stay with him in October 2025. Himanshu is a resident of Sohna. He stayed at his guest house from October 4th to 7th, and then again from October 15th to February 24th. During this time, he made 16 payments. However, all of these payments were fraudulent. He shared screenshots of each payment with him via WhatsApp.

He said that when he checked the company's bank account recently, he discovered that no payments had been received. Himanshu was asked for his bank statement, but he refused to provide it and left the guest house on February 24th.

Tapish Kumar said that he was billed ₹617,000 for his stay and amenities at the guest house, which he failed to pay and committed fraud. Investigating the case, the police arrested the accused in DLF Phase 5.

Learned from YouTube how to cheat with fake apps

During police interrogation, it was revealed that the accused currently works on the My Fame app, promoting a YouTube channel. He saw a video on YouTube about a fake PhonePe application. It explained how to create a fake PhonePe app and make it appear as if money was being sent to another person.

The accused then installed a fake PhonePe app on his phone. Only the scanner worked, leaving all other features inactive. He then booked a hotel from October 2025 to February 2026 and sent screenshots of 16 fake transactions to the hotel manager, defrauding him of lakhs of rupees.

PC:Jagran