Photo: Priyanka Parashar/MintNew Delhi: An FIR has been lodged on a complaint by the UIDAI that Aadhaar applications with two names, but with the same biometric information, were filed, in what seems to be the first such case under the Aadhaar Act. The UIDAI is a central agency which collects the biometric and demographic data and issue Aadhaar cards. Two persons — Raj Kishore Roy and Debayan Roy — have been named in the complaint. Ramesh Kumar, deputy director in Pragati Maidan UIDAI Regional Office told police that on 18 March, a person named Raj Kishore Roy had enrolled for Aadhaar and submitted his demographic and biometric information. The case has been registered under relevant sections of the Aadhaar Act and cheating by impersonation.

Source: Mint March 28, 2017 16:07 UTC