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- By Shubham Bajpai
- Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:58 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
A full-fledged investigation was launched after an illegal parallel justice mechanism, involving 'drug penalty' and sexual assault, being operated by an apartment association and a private security firm was unravelled in Bengaluru.
A suo motu criminal case was registered by the Kumbalgodu police against the Provident Sunworth Apartment Association and Tyco Security.
The FIR accused them of conducting internal inquiries, creating and enforcing unauthorised penal rules, like imposing fines on residents involved in alleged criminal acts.
According to a report by NDTV, the residents, including students, were involved in range of crimes, from minor to sexual assault, drug and parties.
The apartment body, instead of reporting the cases to police, bypassed the law and used to carry out internal questioning, impose monetary penalties. This gave free pass to the accused involved in serious crimes. The security agency of the apartment aided in carrying out these actions.
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The report quoted Anitha B Haddannavar, Deputy Commissioner of Police, South West Division, saying, "When we received information about what was happening, we decided to register a case against them for attempting to protect those involved in crimes against women, theft and drug-related offences."
She said that fines up to Rs 25,000 were collected for use of illegal substance within the premises. "Such crimes should have been reported to the police. Instead, they tried to handle them internally by enforcing their own rules. The association had even framed its own bylaws under which fines were imposed. In the past few months alone, fines of up to Rs 25,000 were collected for the use of illegal substances," she added.
The case has been registered under Sections 211, 238, 239, 3(5) and 3(6) of the law, and relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
The police are now investigating the case to full length and have stressed that the private associations have no legal jurisprudence to act on criminal offences beyond reporting it to the police.