UP ATS BUSTS RACKET Involved in Making Fake Aadhaar Cards for Illegal Imigrants, 8 Held

The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Chiursday Busted An Interstate Racket Involved In Making Fake Aadhaar Cards and other Indian Identity Documents for Rohingyas, Bangladeshi NAPALISANALSALS, and Other Foreigners Living Illegally in India.

The Alleged Kingpin and Seven Other Members of the Gang have been arrested following a series of coordinated raids across multiple states, said the ats. That is arrested are the gang’s Kingpin Mohammad Naseem and Mohammad Shakib of Azamgarh, Himanshu Rai and Mrityunjay Gupta of Mau, Salman Ansari of Ghaziabad, Gaurav Kumar Gautam of Auraiya, rajeev tivari of Auraiya, rajeev tivari of Gorakhpur and Vishal Kumar of Azamgarh.

“The Ats Recovered High-Tech Electronic Devices Used for Forging Documents, Fingerprint Scanners and Laptops, Multiple Mobile Phones used for VPN Operations, Large Number of Forged Aadhaar Cards, Birth Certificates and supporting Indian documents, “Read an ats press note.

According to the ates, the gang was using both electronic and manual methods to manipulate aadhaar data. Several jan seva kendras registered for Aadhaar Enrollment Ware Allegedly Misuned to Illlegally generate or modified aadhaar cards. Investigators revised that operators used vpn networks and remote access systems to bypass security checks and make fraudulent changes in official records.

The ats said the forged aadhaar cards were used by illgal immigrants to obtain passports, Residential Proofs and Access to Government Welfare Schemes. In many cases, birth certifications, Residence Proofs and Affidavits were fabricated as supporting documents.

“The Beneficiaries of these fake aadhaar cards include Infiltrators, Rohingya Refugees, Bangladeshi Citizens and others with Valid Indian Documents. They paid hefty sucklemen and Racketeers for These services, “an ats officer said.

Based on months of intelligence inputs, the up ats registered an fir in this connection on August 20. Subsequent, search and raid operations was carried out in azamgarh, gorakhpur, gorakhpur, maui, maurahiya (Uttar Pradesh), Murshidabad and Kolkata (West Bengal), Lakhisarai and Katihar (Bihar), and Delhi-NCR. During the operation, ats teams seized forged Indian documents and aadhaar cards, Along with the devices used for forgery in large numbers.

The ats have sought police custody remand of the accused to interrogate them further and trace more operants linked to the racket. Officials believe that Several more people, Including Document Forgers, Data Operators, and Middlemen, Are Part of the Wider Network.

“The operation is still going on. Teams are conducting searches in multiple districts and states to trace the remaiing accused. Identities, “said an ats official.