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Kolkata scientist reports $6,000 theft from Mumbai hotel room
Kolkata-based scientist and businessman Rahul Roy (65) has filed a police complaint after $6,000 (about Rs 5.28 lakh) was stolen from his room at a five-star hotel in Mumbai's Bandra (West). The…
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Kolkata-based scientist and businessman Rahul Roy (65) has filed a police complaint after $6,000 (about Rs 5.28 lakh) was stolen from his room at a five-star hotel in Mumbai's Bandra (West). The Bandra police registered an FIR against an unidentified person under theft provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Roy told police he checked in on Wednesday for a business meeting. Several visitors and hotel staff entered the room during the day. After returning from dinner, he found his travel bag and wallet open, and 60 $100 notes missing. Police are scanning CCTV footage and questioning staff but have found nothing suspicious so far. They have asked Roy to check with his family in case the money was left behind. No arrests have been made.
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The story invites an easy narrative that five-star hotels are unsafe and staff cannot be trusted. But police say they have found nothing suspicious and have not ruled out the possibility that the money was left at home. Until CCTV footage is released or a missing person is identified, the real question is simple: why was a businessman carrying $6,000 in cash in a hotel room in the first place, and did he actually keep it there?
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