The district administration has started a probe on seizure of hundreds of Aadhaar Cards from a farm land on October 29 in Aungulai panchayat, said Marshaghai BDO Sivendra Kumar Samal. As per a preliminary investigation, the Aadhaar Cards are said to have been dumped by the Postal personnel as they failed to deliver them.
Meanwhile, Assistant Post Master Bhagyadhar Das started a probe after getting direction from the Superintendent of Postal Department.
It has been clarified that persons found guilty would be taken to task.
“I have visited the Kendrapada Sadar police station. But no such evidence has come against employees of Postal department. There is no seal on envelops to confirm the cards were from the Postal office,” Das said.
When contacted, district Collector Debendra Prasad Das stated that he had directed a probe by the tehsildar of Marshaghai on the alleged matter. The inquiry report would reach before him within two days.
Notably, on Saturday, one Tushara Bal, a farmer of Jagulaipada village, had spotted the Aadhaar cards dumped in an agriculture field.
later, he had brought them to the notice of his villagers and authorities.