On September 22, Aditya Dicky Singh, a homestay owner, accused YouTubers Dhiraj Singh and journalist Sahar Zaman of not paying bills for their stay at Alsisar Nahargarh, Ranthambore.
Sharing on Twitter, Singh stated that, Dhiraj and Sahar went to Ranthambore for a vacation. They contacted Singh, who is in the process of building an expensive Homestay, “The Ranthambhore Bagh”, in village Khilchipur, Ranthambore. They asked him if they could stay at his place.
Let me tell you about a cool scam – A couple that works in TV @i_dhirajsingh and @saharzaman came on a vacation to Ranthambhore. It started as “can we swing by your place” and “dont mean to sound rude abt ur
— adityadickysingh 🇮🇳 (@adityadickysin) September 22, 2021
hospitality but pls let me know
the charges/expenses we owe
u.” https://t.co/cz9kWyahRK
Aditya shared further that as the place was not ready yet, he arranged for their stay at Alsisar Nahargarh close to his place. He also got them a 50% discount for their stay. Singh alleged that the night they arrived, he went to meet them and had a drink, for which he paid himself. For the next three nights, the couple visited Singh’s place for dinner.
On the third day, they did an interview of Singh and took some footage that he had shot at Ranthambore National Park. He said, “basically made a video on me using my footage.”
The night they came I went over to meet them over a drink that I paid for. The next three nights they were over for dinner at our home. On the third day they did this interview of mine and took some footage from me – basically made a video on me using my footage
— adityadickysingh 🇮🇳 (@adityadickysin) September 22, 2021
Singh further said that on the night before the checkout, the Youtubers contacted him again and requested if he could get them a better discount. Singh obliged and said it was possible. They all agreed that they would send the final amount to Nahargarh’s account once Singh inform them about it after negotiation.
Things went on the wrong track when Singh asked them to pay. He alleged that Dhiraj sent him a message that as they charge Rs. 30,000 to Rs.50,000 for posting videos on Hunar TV’s YouTube channel, the couple do not owe anything to Singh. Singh said, “Their channel has 900 subscribers – so much for traction.”
…till I told them to pay up. Then I get a message from @i_dhirajsingh that since they charge 30-50,000 for posting my video on their @Hunar_TV YouTube channel so they don’t owe us anything. Their channel has 900 subscribers – so much for traction.
— adityadickysingh 🇮🇳 (@adityadickysin) September 22, 2021
He added that the Manager of Nahargarh told him over the call that a legal team from the Times Of India group had called him and informed him about the legal action they were planning to take for allegedly threatening the reporter Sahar Zaman. While laughing over the notice, Singh said, “Pay you bills cheapskates. Asking you to pay up for your vacation is ‘threatening’.”
Just got a notice from their lawyer. What say shall we take this to the court 🙂 pic.twitter.com/uzYjyIkFJl
— adityadickysingh 🇮🇳 (@adityadickysin) September 23, 2021
On September 23, Singh published a follow-up tweet in which he added a screenshot sent by Hunar TV informing him that they had sent him a legal notice as well. He said, “Just got a notice from their lawyer. What say shall we take this to the court.”
Hunar TV, Dhiraj Singh and Sahar Zaman have not issued any statement yet.
