Our Correspondent
Imphal, May 14 (EMN): The Manipur police has successfully busted gangs for making fake Aadhaar cards in the state. This was disclosed by Chief Minister N. Biren Singh during a press conference held in Imphal on Monday.
The chief minister said that following a tip-off, SP Tengnoupal and his team intercepted two vehicles near Moreh Police Station coming from Moreh towards Imphal on May 13. Out of the ten passengers, nine persons were found to be illegal immigrants without having valid documents. On further verification, all illegal migrants were from Myanmar, he added. The lone Indian named Paritha Begum w/o Mohammed Mohideen of Shree Ram Nagar, Edappallayam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu was one of the traffickers, he added.
On enquiry, the police raided the house of Md. Tomba alias Inaocha (one of gang members) and seized two laptops, four Aadhar cards, one printer machine, one laminating film machine, laminating plastic sheets, photo paper, two DVDs etc.
Chief Minister recalled that on March 25 2018, Jiribam Police had arrested Nongthombam Argentina alias Pinky, a resident of Babupara ward no. 5, Jiribam for allegedly making fake Aadhaar cards at her residence and other places. 85 numbers of Aadhaar enrolment forms, one laptop, one Eye Iris CMIT machine with camera, Biometric (Green) BIT, GPS, mobile handset and a scanner were seized from her possession. The co-accused of the racket Md. Aziz Ahmed of Dibong Lamlong, Jiribam is on the run now.
After such incidents, the chief minister said that the government would remove Common Service Centres as access point for Aadhaar services throughout the state.
