Jammu & Kashmir: Administration directs police to conduct verification of outsiders residing in Samba

The administration here on Monday directed the police to conduct verification of outsiders living as tenants, domestic help or working in the industries and business establishments in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, said an order issued by the district magistrate. The directions were also passed to the landlords to submit details of their tenants and domestic help to the concerned police stations.

District Magistrate (DM), Samba, Abhishek Sharma, in his order said the landlords shall submit the details within ten days of the issuance of the order.

“Every Station House Officer (SHO) in Samba district shall conduct verification of the outsiders working in industries, construction companies, business establishment, domestic helpers and tenants (commercial and agricultural) and also maintain a separate register for such purpose,” said the order.

The DM, who invoked Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPc), said that all landlords, landowners, owners of properties, owners of business establishments, attorney holders and the persons in charge of properties in any capacity located in jurisdiction of Samba district should mandatory disclose the details of the outsiders working in industries, construction companies, business establishments, domestic helpers and tenants (commercial and agricultural) after proper police verification

“All owners shall, after the issuance of this order, within three days submit without fail the detailed particulars of the tenants as per the declaration form to be signed by both the owner and the tenant to the concerned police station either in person or by registered post addressed to the concerned Station House Officer,” the order read.