Aadhaar no longer accepted as proof of birth date or birth certificate in UP
Aadhaar cards will no longer be accepted as a birth certificate or proof of birth in Uttar Pradesh.
A joint team of the Sigra police station and the Cyber Crime Cell in Varanasi, as part of the statewide ‘Operation Vajra’ campaign, busted a gang involved in forging Aadhaar cards and opening accounts in the names of unsuspecting people.
Police arrested six accused, including the alleged female kingpin of the gang. Bank accounts recovered from their possession were found to be linked to fraud amounting to ₹76,44,476.97 across 21 cybercrime complaints registered in various states.
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Police said on Sunday that the arrested accused include Anil Kumar (22), a resident of Shivpurwa, Varanasi; Kumari (20), a resident of Myorpur, Sonbhadra; Mala (22), a resident of Sonbhadra; Umang Kumar (22), a resident of Duddhi, Sonbhadra; Jitendra Kumar Kannaujiya (35), a resident of Jaunpur and currently a resident of Shivpurwa, Varanasi; and Shobhnath (55), a resident of Ranipur, Mahmoorganj, Varanasi. All the accused were arrested on July 26 from Om Public School Tiraha in Mahmoorganj under the Bhelupur police station limits.
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Police recovered 11 passbooks of various banks, four cheque books, three sealed cheque books, three sealed debit cards, six Android mobile phones, two PAN cards and three forged Aadhaar cards from their possession. A case has been registered at Sigra police station under the relevant sections, and further legal action is underway.
According to the police, the gang first lured people with money and forged their permanent addresses on their Aadhaar cards, claiming they were residents of the Sigra area of Varanasi. They then opened accounts in various banks using these fake addresses. Bank kits (cheque books, debit cards, and other documents) were collected by postmen before reaching the fake addresses. The mobile SIM cards linked to the bank accounts and the bank kits were then packaged and made available via courier to cyber criminals operating across the country, who then used them to commit online fraud.
The bank accounts recovered during the investigation were linked to 21 cyber fraud complaints registered in various states, including Bihar, Assam, Karnataka, Haryana, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and Manipur.
Karnataka reported the highest amount of fraud at ₹35,56,508, followed by Rajasthan at ₹9,60,200 (including two complaints), Punjab at ₹14,25,800 in two cases, Manipur at ₹4,31,060, Maharashtra at ₹3,20,200, Bihar at ₹4,58,750, Haryana at ₹99,700, Tamil Nadu at ₹1,10,844, and Assam at ₹99.97. The total amount of fraud in these complaints is ₹76,44,476.97.
According to the police, a case involving cybercrime has already been registered against gang member Jitendra Kumar Kannaujiya in Jaunpur.
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