Bengaluru cyber centre owner forges Aadhaar cards to help clients get old-age pensions, held

The police said that there were agents in the scam to collect Aadhaar and BPL cards from desired applicants. The clients were levied a fee in the range of Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000

A Bengaluru cyber centre owner allegedly forged Aadhaar cards to help clients get old-age pensions. (Express Photo by Pradip Das for representation)

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The Central Crime Branch (CCB) Monday arrested a cyber centre owner in Bengaluru who was into changing the date of birth in the Aadhar cards of youths so as to make them eligible for government schemes, including old age pension, the police said.

During the raid, the police seized a laptop, six computers, hard disks, four mobile phones, and 205 old age pension applications and other documents. The police have identified the arrested as K S Chathur, a resident of Rajajinagar.

Joint Commissioner of Police (crime) SD Sharanappa said that Chathur edited the Aadhaar cards of people aged between 38 and 43 years and changed their date of births so as to make them eligible for the old-age pensions of senior citizens and levied a fee in the range of Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000.

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The officer said that there were agents in the scam to collect Aadhaar and BPL cards from desired applicants and they would scan the documents to forge the ID proofs. According to the police, the scanned copy will be converted into a PDF file and the accused would use easy PDF editor software and other PDF editing software to change the dates. The edited document would then be submitted to the revenue department to avail of the benefits.

Recently, the CCB discovered that a man named Ramesh was cheated in the name of getting an old age pension.

Sharanappa said that the officials are investigating the involvement of any government official in the scam.

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