A day after the blast in Delhi that killed 13 persons, the police on Tuesday asked residential societies in Gurugram to submit a list of residents from Jammu and Kashmir and foreign citizens living there.

Madan Lal, the station house officer of Gurugram city police station, confirmed that the notices had been sent to societies. “We issued a direction after the Delhi blast,” Lal told Scroll .

Vishnu Prasad, assistant police commissioner for Gurugram city, said that they had been “instructed to do this”.

“We are inquiring about who has come from where and for how long they have been staying here,” Prasad told Scroll . “We are doing this for people from Jammu and Kashmir as well as foreigners. It is for security purposes.”

It is a routine check, the assistant police commissioner add

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