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Hotel receptionist held for stealing guest’s phone, siphoning off Rs 1.10 lakh in Delhi

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Delhi: A 20-year-old hotel receptionist has been arrested for allegedly stealing a guest’s mobile phone and fraudulently transferring Rs 1.10 lakh from his bank account through IMPS transactions here, police said on Friday.

The accused has been identified as Bawanpreet Singh, a resident of Mohali in Punjab. Police have also recovered the stolen mobile phone and frozen Rs 1 lakh in the accused’s bank account.

A case was registered after a complainant reported the theft of his mobile phone and an unauthorised transfer of Rs 1.10 lakh from his bank account through IMPS transactions.

During the investigation, police found that the accused was working as a receptionist at a hotel in Rohini. He allegedly stole the complainant’s mobile phone while the latter was asleep and used the device to gain access to banking applications linked to the victim’s account.

The accused then allegedly transferred Rs 1.10 lakh to his own bank account through multiple IMPS transactions, police said.

Police tracked the accused to Mahipalpur in southwest Delhi, where he was arrested, they said.

During interrogation and subsequent searches, police recovered the stolen mobile phone from his possession. An amount of Rs 1 lakh was also frozen in the accused’s bank account, police said.

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