Update visitor details daily, cops tell New Town guest houses
Times of India | 12 July 2025
Kolkata: In a bid to tighten surveillance and prevent crimes, Bidhannagar Police have directed all hotels, guest houses, and luxury accommodations in Salt Lake, New Town, Rajarhat, Lake Town and surrounding areas to submit daily guest lists to the local police stations and upload the same on an internal app. Cops said failure to comply with the order could lead to legal action. The directive follows a similar order to landlords and housing societies to share details of tenants and ensure they possess valid police clearance certificates. The directive comes in the wake of intelligence indicating a influx of illegal Bangladeshi nationals into Kolkata and its peripheries. "We had a meeting with general managers' of five-star and four-star hotels in our jurisdiction, asking them to regularly upload the guest list on the internal app.
We have also asked guest houses and paying guest accommodations to follow the same," said a senior officer. The officer said all hotels and guest houses have been asked to take a photograph of the guests and fill up a personal details form. —Tamaghna Banerjee