On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 10:37 PM, harry <listmans...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Oddly the problem seems to have arisen from a hotel in a small town. This
> lady was staying in the hotel for a few days, had to submit copies of ID
> documents at the desk, and gave the PIO and PAN documents (which the hotel
> apparently has to send to local police chowki ? ) The police didn't
> understand this PIO document and came to the hotel couple of days later to
> "inquire" about her ... found she was a foreigner... and asked for more
> details about her, who she was etc took copy of passport. Thats the only
> brush with police she has had. And this "visa violation" warning that I
> found via immigration source has come from the same regional immigration
> circle office where this town is located. Clearly ignorance of local police
> authorities is something to be wary of ?
>

I haven't come across such a good example of Hanlon's Razor[1] in a while.

(Best wishes for your friend. Stupidity can be tougher to fight than malice)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor

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