On Saturday, hundreds of Aadhaar cards, lIC documents and other important letters were found dumped in an agriculture field in Angulai Gram Panchayat under Marshgahi block.
The matter came to the fore following one Tushara Bal, a farmer of Jagulaipada village, who had gone to the agriculture field, stumbled upon plastic bags laying abandoned in mud. When he opened the bags, he found Adhaar cards in them which had gone wet. Besides, many important documents were inside the bags.
later, he brought the matter before the locals at the Jagulaipada Chowk. As a result, several locals congregated at the spot and dried the wet papers.
Acting on the information, a police team led by Kendrapada Sadar IIC Nilakantha Prasad Patra rushed to the spot to conduct an inquiry.
The police seized as many as 222 unclaimed wet Aadhaar cards. The seized Adhaar cards belong to Bachherai, Bartunga,Godhana,Pentha and Telikana villagers, said IIC Patra.
“I have intimated the matter to the district Collector and the SP of Kendrapada and also wrote a letter to the BDO of Marshaghai urging to conduct a thorough inquiry on how the Aadhaar cards came to the agriculture field.
The police would lodge FIR against the errant persons and would take legal action against the errant,” stated IIC Patra.
According to Sarpanch of Bachherai Gram Panchayat Pradipta Pradhan, it is the negligence of postal personnel who failed to deliver the Aadhaar cards to the villagers and made an attempt to destroy them.
He demanded a high level inquiry and action against those who are found guilty.