Overview
- Police identified the suspect as 26-year-old Himanshu from Sohna and arrested him after an FIR at Sector 53 police station.
- He allegedly lived in a DLF Phase 5 service apartment from October 2025 to February 24, 2026 by sharing payment screenshots over WhatsApp.
- The hotel says the unpaid dues totaled ₹6.17 lakh and no transactions were credited to its accounts.
- Investigators say he learned the method from a YouTube video and used a spoofed PhonePe-style app in which only the scanner function worked.
- Officers seized his mobile phone, he was produced in court and sent to judicial custody, and the investigation remains ongoing.