Chandigarh: The UT police have initiated a drive against landlords who fail to get tenant verification done by the police. During the past three days, 16 persons have been arrested under Section 188 (disobedience to an order duly promulgated by a public servant) of the IPC.
The police registered 11 cases in this regard at various police stations yesterday.
Among those who have been arrested are Kuldeep, a resident of Colony No. 2, Khuda Lahora village, Mohit Soni, a resident of Sector 22, Munesh Tandan, a resident of Sector 27, Gurmit Singh, a resident of Sector 30, Rakesh Dutt, a resident of Daria village, Bhajan Bansal, Ugam Gupta and Manoj Kumar, all residents of Kishangarh village, Rajan Mehta, a resident of Sector 47, Balwinder Singh and Sunil Kumar of Burail village and Ashwani Kumar, a resident of Sector 56.
All of them were later released on bail.
The police said according to orders issued by the Deputy Commissioner, people were required to get the verification of their tenants and servants done by intimating the area police station. “The drive will continue in the coming days,” said a police official.
