AGRA: Two days after TOI reported about major discrepancies at a polling booth during the civic body election, where minors were caught with forged

while attempting to cast votes, the

has ordered a probe.

On Wednesday, eight minors including girls (aged between 12 and 16 years) were caught at polling booth 555 (

) of ward number 55 Shahdara of Itmad-ud-daula police jurisdiction, when they came to vote for a candidate showing

cards which were issued on Wednesday morning by an UIDAI enrolment agency owned by the candidate’s spouse contesting civic polls.

Police detained six teenagers, as one had successfully cast his vote, while the other attempted to use the allegedly fake Aadhaar card to cast his vote. The other six teenagers were caught before they could vote. Interestingly, all the eight had their names in the voters’ list. All the eight teenagers hailed from

village, where the forged Aadhaar cards were made.

Speaking to TOI, circle officer of Chatta DSP Sanjay Kumar said, “Taking cognizance of TOI online report, the UIDAI official contacted us and asked for a detailed report.”

“We have started a probe to find out the person whose Aadhaar enrolment agency was issuing forge cards on election morning to teenagers,” he said.