New Delhi, Three males had been nabbed in as many raids within the metropolis, resulting in the unearthing of an enormous cache of solid paperwork, laptops, laborious disks loaded with modifying software program utilized in producing pretend identities, an officer on Monday mentioned.
Pretend identification racket busted in Previous Delhi; 3 held, haul of solid Aadhaar, PAN seized
The accused, a part of a gang, used pretend thumb impressions and iris scans to illegally function Aadhaar software program for demographic updates, he mentioned.
“On April 19, a team from Turkman Gate Police Post in central Delhi, received a tip-off during routine patrolling. They raided a shop located in the Chitli Kabar area. The police apprehended one man, identified as Ashish , a resident of Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh, who was caught red-handed in possession of numerous forged documents,” the police officer mentioned.
Throughout their search, police found 121 Aadhaar playing cards, 73 pretend PAN playing cards some carrying pretend holograms 181 voter ID playing cards, a number of start certificates, and plenty of mark sheets. Clean and incomplete voter ID playing cards had been additionally seized, mentioned the officer.
Ashish accessed Aadhaar replace methods through the use of fabricated rubber thumb impressions and pre-recorded iris scans of authorised operators to make updates to Aadhaar demographic particulars corresponding to identify, date of start and tackle, he mentioned.
“Upon interrogation, Ashish revealed that he, along with two associates, was running a systematic operation of preparing fake identity documents. His associates, Toshif and Md Firoz, were operating from nearby shops and were actively involved in preparing counterfeit documents for clients seeking Aadhaar updates,” the officer mentioned.
At his occasion, police arrested Satish, 36, a resident of Uttam Nagar, with a laptop computer stuffed with pretend templates and doc modifying software program in his possession.
From Daryaganj, they nabbed Md Firoz, who confessed to making ready and supplying solid paperwork for unlawful Aadhaar updates.
Toshif, nonetheless, stays at massive and hunt for him is on, he mentioned.
In all, police seized three laptops and 6 laborious disks.
It was additionally discovered that the gang used duplicate biometric impressions to bypass safety layers within the Aadhaar system, a critical breach with grave implications for identification safety and nationwide KYC processes.
The officer mentioned the accused would first create pretend supporting paperwork corresponding to start certificates, PAN playing cards, and voter ID playing cards. These had been then used to fraudulently replace demographic knowledge in Aadhaar information via cloned thumb impressions and iris scans of real operators.
“We have registered an FIR at Chandni Mahal Police Station and further investigation into the matter is underway,” he mentioned.