<p>A software engineer used a rather ingenious method to evict a tenant from a house in Cottonpet, central Bengaluru. He, along with four others, deployed an owl to scare a Marwadi family into vacating the house they had rented recently. <br /><br />The landlord had asked the tenant to vacate the house following an argument. The tenant, however, refused to move out until the rental agreement expired. <br /><br />Not having his way, the landlord got in touch with a software engineer named Manmohan who gave him the useful tip that some Marwadis consider owls entering a house a bad omen and will never live in it. This got the landlord thinking. He paid Manmohan Rs 2.5 lakh to evict the family using an owl. <br /><br />Manmohan roped in four of his friends and caught an owl from Hunsur, Mysuru district. <br /><br />The bird was then brought to New Mega Guest House, a dormitory owned by the landlord. Once the owl was accustomed to the guest house, it was released into the tenant’s house. <br /><br />The Marwadi family panicked and decided to vacate the house. <br /><br />The family, however, realised after some time that the incident was stage-managed by the landlord to evict them. <br /><br />The tenant approached the forest cell of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and filed a complaint. <br /><br />A team of CID sleuths led by DySP Balarame Gowda raided the guest house, rescued the owl and arrested the suspects. The four other suspects are Mudeer, Basit, Saleem and Zubair. <br /><br />The CID believes the suspects could be involved in more wildlife crimes. According to the Indian Wildlife Protection Act 1972, it’s a crime to keep such birds under captivity. The owl has been sent to a rescue centre. <br /><br /></p>
<p>A software engineer used a rather ingenious method to evict a tenant from a house in Cottonpet, central Bengaluru. He, along with four others, deployed an owl to scare a Marwadi family into vacating the house they had rented recently. <br /><br />The landlord had asked the tenant to vacate the house following an argument. The tenant, however, refused to move out until the rental agreement expired. <br /><br />Not having his way, the landlord got in touch with a software engineer named Manmohan who gave him the useful tip that some Marwadis consider owls entering a house a bad omen and will never live in it. This got the landlord thinking. He paid Manmohan Rs 2.5 lakh to evict the family using an owl. <br /><br />Manmohan roped in four of his friends and caught an owl from Hunsur, Mysuru district. <br /><br />The bird was then brought to New Mega Guest House, a dormitory owned by the landlord. Once the owl was accustomed to the guest house, it was released into the tenant’s house. <br /><br />The Marwadi family panicked and decided to vacate the house. <br /><br />The family, however, realised after some time that the incident was stage-managed by the landlord to evict them. <br /><br />The tenant approached the forest cell of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and filed a complaint. <br /><br />A team of CID sleuths led by DySP Balarame Gowda raided the guest house, rescued the owl and arrested the suspects. The four other suspects are Mudeer, Basit, Saleem and Zubair. <br /><br />The CID believes the suspects could be involved in more wildlife crimes. According to the Indian Wildlife Protection Act 1972, it’s a crime to keep such birds under captivity. The owl has been sent to a rescue centre. <br /><br /></p>
