Overview
- DCP S. Rashmi Perumal convened a coordination meeting with more than 100 hotel and lodge managers in the North Zone alongside senior police officers.
- Properties must verify and retain valid identification at check-in, install CCTV with the minimum prescribed backup, and keep records ready for police inspection.
- Managements are required to maintain visitor registers and submit daily guest details to the local Station House Officer.
- Owners must seek prior police permission before hosting events or training programmes and strengthen on-site security with guards and DFMD/HHMD scanners.
- Police cautioned against misuse for prostitution, drug peddling or other illegal acts and warned that negligence will invite stringent legal action.