FIR filed against Ahmedabad hotel where terror suspect Rana stayed

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat police have registered an FIR against the owner of hotel Lemon Tree here, where terror suspect Tahawwur Hussain Rana had stayed with his wife in 2008, for violation of various rules.

"We have filed an FIR against the owner of Lemon Tree hotel, and two others for violation of Registration of Foreigners Act, and a notification of city police commissioner," additional commissioner of police, special branch, GS Malik told reporters.

Those against whom the FIR has been lodged are the owner of the hotel, Patanjali Govind Keshvani, former manager Prashant Malhotra, and present manager, Shubash Sharma.

Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, arrested by FBI, along with David Coleman Headley for plotting terror strikes in India, had stayed at the hotel on November 18 and 19, 2008 with his wife Samraz Akhtar.

Special branch of Ahmedabad police has found that the hotel had not informed it about the stay of a foreign national by submitting the 'C' form which is mandatory, Malik said.

"An inquiry revealed that there was no mention of the duo's stay in the hotel register, though the computer records show their presence," he said.