India, Sept. 6 -- City police have intensified action against foreign nationals overstaying their visas and landlords failing to comply with mandatory tenant registration rules.

So far, 23 cases have been registered, mostly against individuals whose passports and visas had expired but who continued to reside and work in the city. The move comes after a directive from the DCP (Whitefield division) to enforce the Registration of Foreigners Act more strictly.

The eastern division accounted for the majority of the cases: seven in Yelahanka, five in Kothanur, and three in Yelahanka New Town. Kodigehalli and Chikkajala police stations registered two cases each, while Amruthahalli, Bagalur, Sampigehalli, and Vidyaranyapura booked one case each...