6 Aadhaar cards recovered from roadside in Salt Lake amid SIR row
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Kolkata (PTI): Six Aadhaar cards were found lying on the side of a road in Salt Lake satellite township on Sunday, prompting police to initiate an investigation, a senior officer said.
The cards had addresses of residents of different states such as Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, the officer said, adding that the cards were seized after local residents spotted those lying in a heap near a bin and informed police.
They were seized after local residents spotted them lying in a heap near a garbage bin and alerted police, an official of Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate said.
"We are investigating into the incident and contacting those whose addresses are given in the cards with help of their respective state police," the officer said.
The discovery of the cards created a flutter at a time when the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is underway in West Bengal, amid opposition allegations that a section of the ruling party has facilitated the procurement of Aadhaar cards by infiltrators using fake identities.
West Bengal will go to polls in 2026.
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Man in Nellore held for duping youngsters with promise of TTD job; Rs 25.2 lakh seized
Tirupati: Vedayapalayam Police of Nellore district have arrested a 44-year-old man under charge of having duped unemployed youngsters by winning their trust by promising them jobs at the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD).
Nellore Additional Superintendent of Police Deeksha has said that the investigation team has confiscated Rs 25.2 lakh cash that the arrested, identified as Sheik Hussain, had collected from the victims.
Hussain was allegedly greatly attracted to a variety of vices that would provide him a lavish lifestyle. In order to fulfill his desires, he began luring unemployed by assuring that he would help them find jobs. He successfully duped around 15 jobless youngsters from Nellore town and nearby areas and collected up to Rs 48 lakh from them.
The Vedayapalayam Police, who registered a case based on the complaints filed by the victims. Two special teams, from the Central Crime Station and the Vedayapalayam Starion, which probed the matter succeeded in arresting Hussain on Saturday.
The arrested was produced in court and sent to police custody.
