Bhubaneswar, Aug. 17: Police have decided to extend the deadline for registration of tenants - that had been made mandatory through a public order issued in April.

Tenants were supposed to register themselves within 10 days of the order coming into force on April 8, but the deadline had to be extended as it was found that many were yet to submit their details to the landlords for police information.

With the deadline extended, a new order was issued on August 14, and it would remain in force till October 12. According to the new notification, the landlords and their tenants need to submit a declaration form with the police stations concerned with all the details.

The form will have signatures of both the landlord and the tenant, along with particulars such as permanent address, occupation of the tenant, phone number of both of them and photocopy of the identity proof of tenant such as passport, driving licence, voter card, PAN card and ration card.

Police commissioner R.P. Sharma has issued the public order.

The police said the landlords could download the form from the website of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar police www.bhubaneswarcuttackpolice.gov.in and submit it to the police station concerned either in person or through registered post addressed to the inspector in charges. "They can also mail the scanned copy to the email address of the police stations. The email addresses of concerned police stations are also available on website and Facebook page of the Cuttack-Bhubaneswar police," said deputy commissioner of police Satyabrata Bhoi.

The police said around 35,000 landlords in Bhubaneswar had been covered under the initiative, which aims to prevent criminals from taking shelter in rented houses. The police said such registration would be extreme useful in curbing sex trade in the city.

"Often pimps take houses on rent under fictitious names to run their trade. Tenant registration will help check such activities," said a police official.

The order also said violators would be booked under section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the IPC - for which they can be punished with imprisonment up to six months or with a maximum fine of Rs 1,000 or both.

Bihar criminals

Special task force of Bihar police today arrested two wanted criminals from Bihar, who had been staying in Bhubaneswar for more than a decade.

The duo hailed from Waini in Samastipur district and worked at an ashram in Balakati on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.

The police said the duo - Abhaya Kumar Saha, 48, and Manjit Saha, 39 - had been on the run for a long time.

"Abhaya, who is wanted in around 36 cases, including loot and attempt to murder, has been on the run for the past 20 years, while Manjit had been absconding for 16 years," said a police official.

The duo had been living with their families at a slum near Bhubaneswar railway station.