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Fake Aadhaar-Passport Gang Busted in Muzaffarpur; Mastermind's London Link Revealed
- •A gang involved in making fake Aadhaar cards and passports has been exposed in Muzaffarpur.
- •Mastermind Ejaz Kamar was arrested from the Nagar police station area, revealing his London connection.
- •Police recovered a laptop, Aadhaar enrollment software, UIDAI machine, and fingerprint scanner from Kanhai Communication.
- •The investigation also uncovered cases of 31 Afghan and 2 Bangladeshi nationals obtaining Indian passports.
- •The network is suspected to be spread across several districts of North Bihar, including Patna.
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Police arrested Ejaz Kamar, the network's mastermind, during a raid at Kanhai Communication in the Nagar police station area of Muzaffarpur. Officers seized a laptop, Aadhaar enrollment software, a UIDAI machine, biometric scanners, and original Aadhaar cards used to produce fake identification for passports.
Investigators uncovered records of passports issued to foreign nationals, including a Bangladeshi national named Belal Hossen who obtained an Indian passport under the alias Mohd. Aftab using a Muzaffarpur address. This follows broader findings regarding suspicious passports issued to 31 Afghani and two Bangladeshi nationals across Bihar addresses.
The scope of the probe expanded after the travel history of mastermind Ejaz Kamar revealed a London connection, prompting police to investigate whether the operation extends beyond local activities into a larger international network. Furthermore, authorities discovered that login credentials from an authorized Aadhaar center in Patna were illicitly used to generate fake Aadhaar cards in Muzaffarpur.
