Police Probe Out-of-State Aadhaar Cards Found in Salt Lake, Kolkata

Overview

• Morning walkers in Salt Lake spotted 5–6 Aadhaar cards on a footpath near the BA/CA playground and alerted Bidhannagar North police.
• The seized cards list addresses from states such as Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
• Police say they are scanning CCTV from the area and calling the numbers on the cards to learn whether they were lost or counterfeit.
• Officers reported coordinating with respective state police to contact the named individuals and verify the IDs.
• BJP leaders alleged the cards are fake and linked to voter-roll manipulation following a recent recovery of hundreds of cards from a Purbasthali pond, a claim investigators have not confirmed.