Overview

• Anti-Rowdy Squad officers arrested Soumik Dutta and Sheikh Momtajuddin on August 5–6 for supplying forged Aadhaar, voter and ration cards to Bangladeshi model Shanta Paul.
• Police seized 13 fake voter IDs, five counterfeit Aadhaar cards and a digital ration card from Dutta’s North 24 Parganas residence.
• Shanta Paul remains in remand as investigators verify seized documents with UIDAI and Foreigners Registration Office records.
• Authorities are probing whether the forged IDs funded bank loans and property deals linked to Paul’s plans for an eatery.
• Investigators are examining Paul’s travel vlogs for evidence that she advised other migrants on fraudulent entry and residency tactics.