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AGRA: The Mathura police have arrested three men on Thursday for making forged Aadhaar cards .

According to police, the suspects, identified as Sanjay (21), Abhishek (27), who hail from Haryana, and Pankaj Mathur (32) from Mathura, ran their illegal business of making Aadhaar cards from an outlet in Agrasen Nagar , Mathura.

Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Shalabh Mathura said that they were illegally making Aadhar cards, as only banks and post offices are authorised to make it. He said they were also charging Rs 250 for making these forgers cards when the actual fee of a Aadhar card charged by an authorized centre is only Rs 30.

He said that they will have to check the credentials of applicants of the Aadhar cards to know whether they were genuine residents or not.

He said one biometric machine , one printer and one iris scanner camera were recovered from the possession of the suspects.

A case has been registered against the trio under sections 419 (cheating by personation), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery got purpose of cheating), and 471 (using as genuine a forged document) of IPC at Kosikala police station.

