India, March 31 -- A rental dispute involving a Singapore national in Bengaluru has highlighted growing concerns around misinformation and deposit recovery in the city's housing market, after a foreign citizen nearly lost Rs.6 lakh due to alleged intimidation by a landlord.

The case, shared by a lawyer on Reddit, said the landlord reportedly attempted to withhold the security deposit by claiming that foreign tenants have limited legal recourse in India, especially upon leaving the country.

"A Singapore citizen who had been working in Bangalore reached out in a panic. His landlord was refusing to return the rental deposit and was threatening him with all kinds of things, police complaints, immigration trouble, claims that 'foreign tenant...