Police commissioner meets hoteliers on security threat issue

EOI, SILIGURI, 28 Aug 2015: According to latest intelligence reports, Siliguri, the gateway to the North East, has turned into a corridor for the passage of militants and anti-social elements.
Further, the distance between Siliguri and the neighbouring countries of Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh is just a few kilometres. The reports have said militants make a halt in various hotels in Siliguri before entering the neighbouring countries. 

Siliguri police commissioner Manoj Verma today held a meeting with hoteliers and guest house and home stay owners to alert them of this fact and asked them to remain wary when renting out rooms to customers. Using a power point presentation, Verma showed how large inflows of outsiders can undermine security in town. 

He urged the hoteliers to maintain their guest registers properly and to submit them regularly at the nearest police station. 
The hoteliers said installing CCTV cameras inside the hotels and in the parking lots and lobbies has become necessary. Deputy police commissioner (Siliguri detective department) Tapan Alo Mitra and deputy police commissioner (Traffic) Shyam Singh were present at the meeting, among other officers.