India, Aug. 8 -- A luxury stay at a five-star hotel in Bandra West turned into an expensive mystery for a Kolkata-based businessman-scientist after $6,000 (around Rs.5.28 lakh) allegedly went missing from his hotel room within hours of checking in on Thursday. With friends, hotel staff and room service moving in and out through the evening, Bandra police are now scanning CCTV footage to trace the missing cash.

The complainant, Rahul Kanti Jagdish Chandra Roy, 65, told police that he had arrived in Mumbai on Wednesday to meet his friend Anshuman Gupta and checked into the luxury hotel at Lands End, Bandra West, around 3.30 pm. The duo was allotted Room No 2248 on the 22nd floor, where they freshened up after placing their luggage inside....