Bengaluru hotel refuses room to interfaith couple

BENGALURU: Creating a new controversy, staff of a private hotel refused to rent room to an interfaith couple, stating they had no valid documents. However, Shaffek Subaida has alleged that the hotel staff refused the room as he and his wife belong to two different religions. “I am Shaffek, and she is Divya. We have come to the city from Kerala, for job interviews. The hotel staff are refusing the room since we both belong to two different religion,” he said. Senior police officers said they received no complaint either from the couple or from the hotel staff.