PANAJI: Based on reports submitted by the North Goa superintendent of police highlighting intelligence inputs specifying terrorist threats to the western coast of India, North Goa collector Mihir Vardhan has imposed restrictions on cyber cafes.
Cyber cafe owners have been ordered to report any suspicious activity of a customer to the police immediately.
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 144 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the collector has prohibited the use of cyber cafes by unknown persons and whose identity has not been established by owner of the cafe.
Cyber cafe owners will have to maintain a register for visitors to write down their details such as name, address, telephone number and identity proof. The user will have to sign the register kept for this purpose.
The user's identity will have to be established through an identity card, voter card, ration card, driving licence, passport or photo credit card.
The cyber cafe owner will have to preserve the 'activity server log' in the main server for at least six months and will have to maintain the record of the specific computer used by the person.
In another similar order, the collector has stated, "Anti-social elements with an intention of committing crime in Goa stay in hotels with fictitious names and bogus residential/official address, telephone numbers. After commission of crime, it becomes very difficult to locate the culprit on the basis of available information recorded in the registers of hotels as on verification it is found to be bogus".
The collector has, therefore, made it mandatory for all owners and management of hotels, lodging and boarding, private guest houses, paying guest accommodation of all religious bodies to seek identification from its guests.
Photo identity proof such as smart card, election card, employment card, ATM card or any other photo identity card issued by a recognized authority can be produced by the guests to identify themselves.
The in-charge of hotels and guest houses will have to provide all such information for inspection to the police authority.
Both the orders have come into effect from September 9 and will be in force for a period of 60 days.
Any person contravening these orders will be punishable under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code.
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