Port Blair, March 18: Altogether five hotels have been booked by the Central Crime Station, CID Branch of A&N Police for not submitting the ‘C’ Form of the foreign tourists who check in to the hotels. Cases have been registered against the hotels under non-bailable section 14 of Foreigners Act.

The move by the A&N Police has created an uproar among the hoteliers, who condemned the move and believe that  they are being targeted.

Addressing a press conference, the Superintendent of Police (South Andaman), Shri Manjeet Singh Rahdhawa today tried to clarify that the police is not targeting anyone in this regard. He said that the hotels have violated the rules and have to face the consequences.

Explaining what such small issues can lead to, Rahdhawa said that such small issues if being ignored may lead to a major crime in future.

Meanwhile, a delegation of Andaman Chamber of Commerce and Industry today called upon the Chief Secretary, A&N Administration, Shri Anand Prakash and told him that the move by the police is creating a bad image of the islands’ hotels. Having discussed the issue threadbare, wherein new cases have been lodged against four hotels, the delegation warned that, if delay in submission of ‘C’ Form is such a major crime committed, then the hotels would stop entertaining foreign tourists once and for all.