BENGALURU: Renting out a flat to two foreign nationals without doing any mandatory background checks has landed a city apartment complex owner in trouble. N Dinesh Kumar, 54, a resident of Bhuvaneshwar Layout in Munnekolala, who owns Dinesh Reddy Apartment on Lakshmi Narayana Temple Road in Papaiah Reddy Layout, was booked last week under the Foreigners Act for renting out his flat to two women from Uganda, who have been living in the city even after their visa expired.
According to the police, the women, aged 31 and 24, were reportedly involved in some immoral activities in the city. The police, after detaining the women, produced them before the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) in Shantinagar.
“A team of CCB sleuths detained the two women for immoral activities. During interrogation, it was found that they were living illegally in the country. The flat owner did not upload details of his tenants on the FRRO portal,” said a police officer.
Recently, Amruthahalli police registered a case against a 50-year-old landlord for renting out a shed on his plot to two illegal immigrants, including a woman, from Bangladesh. On a tip off, the police detained Mohammed Matheen and Raziya Sultana of Bangladesh and produced them before the FRRO.
The police also registered a case against landowner C Ambarish of Dasarahalli. During interrogation, it was found that Ambarish had rented out his shed to Matheen and Sultana three months ago. FRRO mandates landlords to provide details of tenants from abroad within 24 hours of renting out their premises to them.