RAWALPINDI, Feb 27 (APP): The Rawalpindi Police have further intensified their crackdown on violations of the Tenancy Act, taking 31 more people into custody and registering eight cases.
A police spokesman said on Friday the operations were conducted in the jurisdictions of Dhamial Police, Jatli Police, Civil Lines Police, Warith Khan Police, New Town Police and Rawat Police police stations.
He said search operations were being conducted on a daily basis on the directions of City Police Officer (CPO) Syed Khalid Mahmood Hamdani to enforce the Tenancy Act. So far this year, he said, 606 cases had been registered and 675 individuals taken into custody for violations.
The spokesman said failure to register tenants was a punishable offence and urged citizens to ensure registration of tenants and employees at the relevant police station, Police Khidmat Markaz or through the Punjab Police mobile application.
He further urged citizens to report violations of the Tenancy Act to the nearest police station, assuring that the identity of informants would be kept confidential and stressing that tenant registration was mandatory to maintain law and order.