A Kolkata techie and his son, a national-level skater, were allegedly denied accommodation at a Noida hotel. The hotel cited police instructions against accommodating guests from Bangladesh, Punjab, and Jammu & Kashmir, which the police denied issuing. OYO has apologized, removed the hotel from its platform, and initiated an inquiry into the incident.
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