The police at Sambalpur under the guidance of district Superintendent of Police Pratik Kumar Mohanty has introduced a tenant verification service (TVS) in the town to know details of the persons staying in rented houses.
“The intention is to know details of persons coming from outside and staying on rent in the town,” said Mohanty at a media conference on Wednesday.
Under the TVS, the house owner in a specified form would give details of the tenant to the respective police stations including his cell phone and vehicle numbers. At the same time, he would also give the home address of the tenant. He would also give two local references in the said form, informed the SP.
“The intention is to know details of the persons coming from other places for different purposes including jobs. At the same time, the police will also have a record of the persons staying on rent and their antecedents,” informed Mohanty.
This would help the police have records of most of the persons from outside and also local people giving their houses on rent, he said.
It is to be noted that in November and December last year, 114 persons were arrested, 255 NBWs were executed and two firearms were seized from antisocial elements, the SP informed. Nine robbery cases were successfully detected with recovery of cash.
Similarly, 10 burglary cases and 41 theft cases were detected during this period.
The police also seized contraband articles, adulterated drugs, hemp (ganja) and kendu leaves (Kl) from different persons from different