Indian-origin hotel owners arrested in US for hiding two fugitives 'hide out room'
Two Indian-origin hotel owners in Tennessee, Dakshaben Patel and Harshil Patel, were arrested for allegedly providing false information to the police regarding the location of two fugitives hiding in their Monteagle establishment, Super 8 and Moun...

They allegedly lied to police about the whereabouts of wanted individuals during an investigation on July 18, the Monteagle Police Department said.
Two officers had been conducting surveillance on the rear of the hotel due to "high drug transition" in the area and spotted two individuals on a balcony, police said. The officers identified the individuals as having felony warrants out of Franklin County.
Investigators later found that the hotel had a "hide-out room on the corner of the building" and determined that was where the fugitives had been living, police said.
"Both Patel subjects had been advised multiple times about the wanted suspects and had lied to officers about their residence at the hotel," the department said.
Dakshaben and Harshil were each charged with making false reports to police officers, a felony.
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