A KIOSK operator has been arrested for misusing Aadhaar update machines and forging biometrics to earn money. A case was registered at the Bharveli police station based on information that the accused misused the ECMP Aadhaar update system to generate three fake biometric loans for licensed operators and illegally update Aadhaar. A case has been registered against the accused under sec tions 336(3), 341(2), and 342(1) of the IPC and is under investi gation.

 

The accused, Mohsin Khan, a resident of Bharveli, was illegal ly operating Aadhaar update machines from his kiosk centre located at the Bharveli bus stand. Misusing the letters available for Aadhaar service centres at vari ous locations, the accused got multiple tenders placed in the names of his family members and acquaintances, and after winning the tenders, he operat ed the respective centres and machines himself.

 

The accused was illegally tak ing over the machines allotted to authorised operators and operating them from Bhareveli, whereas these can only be oper ated by the person in whose name the system is authorised and it is mandatory to operate them at the designated location. The accused also used the cre ated triple-line fingerprints for biometric authentication to obtain system logins.

 

The accused created a triple line digital image of the iris scan ner displayed during login into the Aadhaar system. Later, he as the authorised operator. The accused used VPN to disguise the location of the machine as an authorised loca tion, allowing him to operate various machines from Bharveli. The items seized from the accused are one laptop, dummy fingerprints, dummy eye iris prints, materials used to make dummy iris and fin ger prints. The arrested accused has been identified as Mohsin Khan, son of Abdul Wahid Khan (39), a resident of Ward No. 02, Village Hirapurthana, Bharveli, District Balaghat.

 

The entire operation was done by team including SI Sanjay Rishishwar, SHO, Bharveli Police Station, ASI Kamalesh Yadav, ASI Chhapal Singh, ASI Somlal Kaver, Constable Jaibhagat Cyber Cell, Constable Kamlesh Vishwakarma.