MUMBAI/TANO: Shared Islam Shehzad Mohammed Rohilla Amin Fakir aka Bijoy Das30 years old, worked at Slink & Bardot, a posh restaurant and pub in Worli, and Chattering all daya hotel in Thane, like cleaning staff before allegedly trying to rob celebrities.
Following police investigations into Shariful on Saturday, the Worli pub sacked its entire cleaning staff. It also terminated the cleaning labor provider. Jitendra Pandeyof the contract upon discovering that it had allowed Shariful to remain in staff accommodation despite his dismissal in August.
Slink & Bardot’s CEO said the establishment had fired Shariful over an alleged robbery case.
“We used to hire cleaners from a particular manpower agent and it was his duty to do background checks. As of Saturday we discontinued its service and will no longer contract through it,” said the general manager.
He said the waiters and managers were not hired through Pandey’s agency, only the cleaning staff.
Due to staff shortage on Sunday, Slink & Bardot management hired an elderly resident of Worli-Koliwada to perform cleaning duties. “All of Pandey’s staff were fired on Saturday after the police arrived at the pub asking about Shariful. The pub manager Shantanu Das asked me to work for a day or two to do cleaning duties on Sunday as the pub will start in the evening. I don’t have any further details about Pandey and the staff,” said Manohar Patil.
The general manager of Blabber All Day, a hotel located at The Walk, Hiranandani Estate in Thane, confirmed that the accused Shariful, who called himself Bijoy Das, had worked as a member of the housekeeping staff at the hotel from September 15 to December 15. The general manager said the hotel subsequently changed vendors responsible for providing housekeeping staff, leading to Shariful’s departure.
During his tenure he identified himself as Bijoy Das and there were no complaints against him from colleagues or guests. After December 15, when the cleaning salesperson was replaced, he left the hotel and was not seen again.
(With contributions from Swati Deshapnde)