Urgent: Airbnb sealed due to drug dealing customers on the run. Police asking owner to meet in hotel room tomorrow morning for 'discussion'.
I have a couple friend who are in 30s. the guy runs and Air bnb in Bangalore in his own flat this is based out of South bangalore. No about 2 days back they had a customer stay there - a couple who as it as we found out later were drug smugglers on the run from Kerala. Apparently based on a tip by some informant the Kerala police and Karnataka police tried to nab this couple from the airbnb itself but due to the laxity of the Karnataka police the couple escaped. The Airbnb has been sealed. Yesterday my friend visited the Karnataka police station jurisdiction this area comes under. The sub inspector there asked my friend for a small bribe to get his flat unsealed. Started from 15k and finally settled at 4k.
Now just half an hour back at 12.30 am my friend got a call from one of the investigating officers from Kerala police this guy told my friend to come tomorrow for vestigation related discussion at some hotel and to meet him in a hotel room early in the morning. obviously this sounds shady af and i asked my friend to message back saying to meet with my friend on Karnataka police station premises. The officer hasn't responded so far.
I plan to accompany my friend and his wife tomorrow but looking for urgent guidance on what legal aspects and laws and rights we should be aware of tomorrow morning while meeting the kerala police officers.
P.s. neither the couple friends nor I are from Karnataka. Not sure if this has a bearing on how the police will treat us but putting it out there.