Aadhaar Cards Found Dumped in Kolkata’s Salt Lake, Police Open Investigation

Overview

• Bidhannagar North police recovered several Aadhaar cards from a footpath near a Salt Lake park on Sunday morning.
• A senior officer said 5–6 cards were found, with addresses from states including Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
• Investigators plan to check CCTV footage and contact phone numbers on the cards to learn whether they were lost, dumped or forged, and no finding has been released.
• The discovery comes during the Special Intensive Revision of West Bengal’s electoral rolls, increasing scrutiny of identity documents and voter eligibility.
• BJP leaders alleged the cards are fake and linked to infiltration or voter-roll manipulation, citing an earlier haul of hundreds found in an East Burdwan pond, but authorities have not substantiated these claims.