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Pakistani Woman in Bareilly Charged Over Forged Aadhaar and Ration Cards

Released on personal bond, she faces an ongoing investigation into whether local officials facilitated her acquisition of forged Indian identity papers.

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A formal FIR has been lodged against the woman, identified as Farhat Sultana, at the Baradari police station of the district, officials confirmed. (For representation)

Overview

  • Under Operation Khoj, the 64-year-old Pakistan-born Farhat Sultana was booked under the Citizenship Act and cheating sections for holding an Aadhaar card, voter ID and ration card without Indian citizenship.
  • Farhat Sultana entered India as an eight-month-old on a long-term visa in 1965 and has lived in Bareilly’s Sufi Tola locality since marrying local resident Shahid Khaleel in 1985.
  • Police allege she manipulated official records to secure the documents and posed as the head of a family to access subsidized government benefits.
  • She was arrested, formally charged at Baradari police station and later released on a personal bond as investigators collect more details on how her identity papers were prepared.
  • The probe is examining whether local officials or agents colluded in facilitating her forged documents as part of a wider campaign against undocumented Bangladeshis, Rohingya and Pakistani nationals in Uttar Pradesh.