Delhi Police Crime Branch has registered a case against a man, a resident of Subzi Mandi, for fraudulently enrolling himself in Aadhaar with different names, different date of births, different father's name and different addresses with slight changes and obtained multiple Aadhaar numbers fraudulently by way of impersonation.
A complaint was forwarded to Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime, Praveer Ranjan by Himanshu Kumar lal, an IPS officer and Assistant Director General, Unique Identification Development Authority of India (UIDAI), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. Following the complaint, a case under Aadhaar Act and relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at Crime Branch police station.
A senior police officer said the accused has enrolled himself multiple times as Gaurav, Gaurav Kumar, Gaurav Kukreja, Sorav, Yogesh Sharma, Rajeev Kumar and Dipesh Kumar Dhingra. "All the names are of one person, who is a resident of Subzi Mandi area of North Delhi and has enrolled himself fraudulently and updated almost the same demographic and biometric details for each name in Aadhaar which is against the provisions of Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of financial and other subsidies, benefits and services) Act, 2016," said the police officer.
The case is being probed by Deputy Commissioner of Police, Cyber Cell and FICN, Bhishm Singh.
"The violations caused by the accused person are grave and serious in nature which entail imprisonment upto ten years of imprisonment with penalty," said the officer adding, "There is every likelihood that the accused person may be involved in serious illegal activities which needs a thorough investigation," the complaint stated.
The case is registered under Section 34, 35 and 38 of the Aadhaar Act read with Section 416, 419 of the IPC and Section 70 of the Information Technology Act.
Crime Branch has formed a team to search for the accused who is currently absconding. His residence in Subzi Mandi has been raided but nothing incriminating has been found. The accused is absconding, a police officer involved in the investigation said.