The Palghar police have registered FIR against seven people for allegedly renting their houses, flats and shops to the foreigners without informing the cops. According to the police sources, a large number of foreigners — especially African nationals have been living in Nalasopara, Vasai and Virar area. The locals have alleged them of dealing drugs and causing a nuisance in the area.

In one such incident, recently, a few African nationals ran riot in Nalasopara after the death of their colleague. They destroyed several vehicles and assaulted a few locals in a fit of rage. Soon the Palghar residents along with their local politicians approached district collector Kailash Shinde asking him for a stern action by evicting the illegal residents of foreign nationality.