Goa to deport overstaying
foreigners
Sandesh Prabhudesai
10 July 2007
Goa has decided to come down heavily on the overstaying
foreigners.
Ten such foreigners have already been deported by the state
government.
Briefing the media in this regard after a high level meeting
of the home ministry and senior police officials, home minister
Ravi Naik said he will also not spare any foreigner violating
the law of the land.
Besides overstaying, said Ravi, the state authorities will
also clamp down upon the foreigners staying in Goa without
valid documents.
He has instructed all the police stations to check documents
of all the foreigners while also making it mandatory to the
Goans, who rent out their rooms to the foreigners, to furnish
all the details about their clients.
Fearing that terrorists could hide in the state under the
garb of tourists, the home minister however clarified that
the drive is not aimed at foreign tourists but to keep a strict
vigil on the criminals.
He has also decided to strengthen the anti-narcotic cell
of the police department to stop drugs trade as well as activities
like rave parties etc.
The meeting was attended by chief secretary J P Singh, DGP
Brijender Singh Brar, IGP N S Randhwa, DIG Ujwal Mishra and
other senior police officials.
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