His dish was a little too spicy for guests at the Four Seasons.
Indian “spice king” Dhiraj Arora went on a bizarre rampage at the famed Midtown hotel, traipsing naked through the workout facility after sucking down tequila and then taunting the police, law-enforcement sources told The Post.
Arora’s public peep show drew a barrage of guest complaints, but he was spared arrest despite locking himself in his 15th-floor room and forcing cops to drag him to a nearby psych ward.
Sources said he barked at Midtown North officers to “suck my million-dollar c–k!” — though Arora insisted to The Post that the comment was “suck my $57 million d–k.”
Guests at the luxury hotel got immediate indigestion at the sight of Arora stark naked in the health club around 11 a.m. on Sept. 23 and flagged down security. The cops were called and found out he’d been drinking earlier in the morning.
Arora, a spice importer who stocks the shelves of stores like Fairway and Whole Foods, made a dash of shame to his room and locked the door.
When cops came knocking, he opened his door with the latch still on and cried out, “Peek-a-boo!’’ according to law-enforcement source.
Hotel staffers had to cut the latch before cops scooped up Arora and carted him off to St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital.
“If you don’t open the door, we’re going to bust it down!” said Arora, quoting the cops.
“I was in my underwear with the music playing, ready to rock, and the next thing I know I’m being escorted out by two female police officers. One had a gun pointed at me.
“I was preparing a salt bath, food from the night before — and the next thing I know there’s a knock on the door saying it’s the police.”
But Arora insisted he wasn’t drunk or naked in the workout area, just the steam room.
“I don’t run around places naked, and I sure as hell was not running around naked at the Four Seasons hotel,” he said.
Arora spent just two hours in the hospital, and no charges were brought against him.
He stopped just short of accusing guests, cops and hotel staff of racial profiling.
“All I can tell you is there must have been some guests at the hotel who must have been uncomfortable with my North Indian heritage,” Arora said.
“The way I carry myself, the way I roll. I don’t cut my hair. I don’t shave every day.”
The indignant food wholesaler said that someday he’s “going to be running for mayor one day , . . I’m a millionaire many times over.”
Arora was named one of Crain’s New York Business’ top six entrepreneurs of 2007. He posed for provocative photos with his spices and kitchen knives.
Additional reporting by David K. Li