ouse owners booked for illegally renting house to foreigners

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: Several house owners were booked for allegedly renting out houses to foreign nationals illegally without verifying their documents.

Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda said on Tuesday adding that cases under The Foreigners Act have been filed against 20 house owners in the city.

The anti-narcotics squad of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) and a team of the jurisdictional police conducted a series of special operations in Banaswadi, Ramamurthynagar, KR Puram, Soladevanahalli, Bagalakunte, Kadugodi, Beguru, Bommanahalli, Parappana Agrahara, Vidyaranyapura and Chikkajala police stations limits in the city.

Cases were registered and legal action was taken against the owners who had rented out houses to foreign nationals involved in drug peddling cases.