AJMER: City police on Tuesday arrested a Bangladeshi citizen who was trying to prepare ration card through forged documents. The accused already has an Aadhaar card . The alert came when he submitted the documents for ration card as recently police had busted a racket of Sahariya Muslims who illegally prepared Indian citizenship documents including Aadhaar card.

A youth from Andarkot of Dargah region recently went to the district head office and applied for a ration card. “The documents seemed forged and therefore we informed higher officials,” said a source at the department of district supply office. The matter was reported to city magistrate and the official informed the police to verify the documents as well as about the applicant.

On the information received, Dargah police station formed a team and went to verify about the applicant residing in Andarkot region. “During interrogation he accepted his name as Mohammad Tota Sardar, son of Yaseen and that he is a native of ward number 5, Amanat Ganj, Borishal, Bangladesh,” said police. The accused also accepted that he came to Ajmer three years ago illegally by crossing the border of West Bengal and settled in Andarkot.

Police also seized original Aadhaar card and voter ID card from his possession. “He accepted that these documents were made during his illegal stay in the Dargah region and now he was preparing a ration card,” added police. The accused has been booked for illegally trespassing the border and residing illegally in Ajmer as well as for preparing forged documents.

The challenge for the police is to bust the gang of locals who are assisting these illegal residents to get forged documents. “The Aadhaar card was prepared at a shop situated at Foisagar Road . A few names came up during investigation,” added a police official. Making Aadhaar card and voter ID card without verification is a serious matter. “We also got the name of a person who was helping this accused to get ration card,” added police.

Recently Sahariya Muslims who came to India as refugees were found with Aadhaar cards and other citizenship documents. They also had registration numbers meant for refugees that were made at UN camp, New Delhi in 2009. “We have got some tips that same people who prepared the documents for the Sahariyas are involved in this. We are also looking at other such cases,” added police official.

