Aadhaar, PAN card copies of job aspirants misused for financial transactions; probe launched
Thane (PTI): Police in Maharashtra’s Thane district have launched a probe into alleged misuse of identity documents for financial transactions worth Rs 35 crore, police said on Thursday.
Over the past one and a half years, accused Salma Sayyed and her associates collected Aadhaar, PAN, photographs and other identity documents of job aspirants by promising them well-paid employment opportunities, an official said.
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“These documents were later misused by forging signatures and creating firms and bank accounts without the knowledge of the victims,” he said.
A company named ‘Jaljyoti Enterprises’ was fraudulently registered in one man’s name without his knowledge, and current accounts were opened. Financial transactions worth about Rs 35 crore were carried out through these bank accounts, he said.
The 27-year-old resident of the Ambernath area approached the police after learning about the misuse of his identity documents.
Similar companies were opened in the names of other victims as well, resulting in massive financial transactions, the official said.
“The probe is underway to ascertain the full scope of the fraud and identify all those involved,” he added.
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Manjeshwar: A.K.M. Ashraf wins by 31,193 votes
Kasaragod: UDF candidate A.K.M. Ashraf has won the Manjeshwar Assembly seat in Kerala and is set to return to the Assembly.
He led from the start of counting and kept increasing his margin, finally winning by 31,193 votes.
Ashraf got 96,367 votes, while BJP’s K. Surendran got 65,174 votes. LDF candidate K.R. Jayanand finished third with 20,365 votes.
In the last election, Ashraf had won by just 745 votes against Surendran, but this time he significantly increased his lead.
