MUMBAI CRIME: 3 held for making bogus voting and Aadhaar cards

With exactly a month to go before citizens vote during the Lok Sabha elections, Agripada police station officials arrested three persons for making bogus voting and Aadhaar cards

With exactly a month to go before citizens vote during the Lok Sabha elections, Agripada police station officials arrested three persons for making bogus voting and Aadhaar cards.

Scanners and a laptop were seized by the police. Representational Pic 

The accused were identified as Dilnawaz Mohammad Jamil Shaikh (24), a resident of Nagpada; Kurban Ali Shamim Ahmed Shah (26), a resident of Byculla; and Tariq Anwar Mohammad Hanif Khan (40), a resident of Mumbra.

Officials said they raided shop no 14 at Sakina Manzil on Ganesh Hari Parulekar Marg in Byculla (W) after they received a tip-off about a trio producing counterfeit voting-related documents.

“When we raided the shop, we found three people inside it with fake voting and Aadhaar cards. We confiscated the retina scanner, fingerprint scanner and a laptop from their possession. They were arrested, and have been remanded in police custody till March 14,” said Sanjay Baviskar, senior inspector of Agripada police station.

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No of photographs the accused had in their possession

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No of bogus Aadhaar cards seized

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No of bogus voting cards seized

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