HC seeks details on fake Aadhaar cardholders
The Hindu
IDs were issued for civil defence training
The Delhi High Court has directed the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to provide information on fake Aadhaar cards being allegedly issued to around 450 persons for civil defence training in the Capital.
The case is based on a complaint by BJP leader Vijender Gupta in January 2020 at Delhi’s Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) stating that the hiring process of marshals for Delhi Transport Corporation buses, which recruits civil defence volunteers, was “illegal and manipulated”. The complaint further said that Kuldeep Pakad, then District Magistrate (DM) of Shahdara, had issued fake certificates to over 400 people from his home state Rajasthan. The certificates validated them as Delhi residents so that they could enrol for Aadhaar cardswith local address proof. Mr. Pakad had compelled them to pay ₹2 lakh per head.
It was also alleged that a large number of Aadhaar cards with false Delhi addresses were made for residents of Rajasthan at the Aadhaar centre in the DM’s office on August 11 and 12, 2019, despite both the days being holidays.