Two booked for withholding tenants’ details

Two cases have been registered against landowners in Samba district for violating the orders of the administration to provide details of tenants and outsiders living on rent at their properties.

The FIRs were registered under Section 163 BNS against two persons who failed to provide the information of tenants.

An official said that the verification process was initiated by the police for outsiders staying as tenants and domestic helpers. “During the drive, two cases were registered at the police station under relevant Sections of the BNS,” he said.

The booked land owners have been identified as Rakesh Kumar and Dev Raj, residents of Mandera Samba near SIDCO Phase-1.

The Samba police have appealed to residents to come forward and provide complete details of their tenants/domestic helpers to their nearest police station and get the verification done timely.