[The Supreme Court has started hearing the Aadhaar case. Shyam Divan for one (batch) of the petitioners is arguing. The first one to argue.]
I/II. https://scroll.in/latest/865299/after-report-on-hanuman-and-pakistani-spys-aadhaar-numbers-websites-to-check-uid-status-go-down After report on Hanuman and Pakistani spy’s Aadhaar numbers, websites to check UID status go down The UIDAI’s own platform to verify Aadhaar numbers was unreachable on Tuesday. After report on Hanuman and Pakistani spy’s Aadhaar numbers, websites to check UID status go down UIDAI Websites on which users can verify their Aadhaar number appeared to be unreachable on Tuesday, a day after The Wire published an article about the Aadhaar numbers of “Hanumanji” and a Pakistani spy deported in 2016 still being in use. Confirmed: the Aadhaar verification facility has been *permanently* removed. https://t.co/EmpiHEubGT — india subsidy data (@databaazi) January 16, 2018 The article, published on Monday, detailed how the two Aadhaar numbers appeared to still be in use and were linked to LPG connections and bank accounts. It highlighted that the numbers were in use with different names – not Hanumanji or Mehboob Rajput, the name adopted by Pakistani spy Mehmood Akhtar to procure his Aadhaar card. On December 13, 2017, The Wire emailed the Unique Identification Authority of India, asking whether Akhtar had indeed been able to enrol as Mehboob Rajput and whether his supposed Aadhaar number was genuine. However, two days after the email was sent, the Aadhaar number issued to Mehboob Rajput showed invalid, presumably deactivated. Scroll.in had reported on how the Delhi Police had found that Akhtar had obtained the Aadhaar card fraudulently. Credit: The Wire On Tuesday, the Indian Oil Indane’s website and the UIDAI’s own platform to verify Aadhaar were both unreachable. It may be noted that the Aadhaar authority tweeted out a link to its verification website to a user as recently as on Monday. Please check if your Aadhaar is valid from here -https://t.co/02cTSnICSL — Aadhaar (@UIDAI) January 15, 2018 The Wire had found that two bank accounts were linked with the Aadhaar number issued to the Pakistani spy on October 17, 2017, and October 26, 2017, a year after he was deported. The news website also found that an LPG connection, which has been receiving subsidy payments, was issued in the name of “Mr Baijnath” in Agra and was also linked to this Aadhaar number. In the case of “Hanumanji’s” Aadhaar number, which UIDAI Director General Vijay Madan had said was deactivated in 2014, The Wire found that a bank account was linked with that number on November 11, 2017. The report prompted analysts to question how authorities authenticate Aadhaar numbers before linking them to bank accounts and other services. It also prompted them to question how safe it is to outsource third parties to enrol users to the Aadhaar system. II. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/land-sold-off-using-fake-aadhaar-card/articleshow/62533353.cms Aadhaar fraud: Ex-tax official’s 2 plots sold off Mohammed Akhef | TNN | Updated: Jan 17, 2018, 09:26 IST AADHAAR AURANGABAD: Two plots measuring about 4,000 sq ft each in a prime locality here, belonging to a former income tax commissioner, were sold off after making an Aadhaar in his name and acquiring a general power of attorney in Mumbai. The main suspect - Azam alias Azam Panga Abdul Rehman Khan (49) of Aurangabad- has been arrested and remanded in police custody by a local court till January 18. The suspect was picked up from Mumbai. A hunt has been launched for his accomplices, including the one who made a fake Aadhaar card and posed as the retired I-T commissioner Omkar Ganpat Ganveer. Inspector Shrikant Navle of the economic offences wing (EOW) of Aurangabad police said the retired income tax commissioner resides in Mumbai and owns the plots in Aurangabad that were sold off fraudulently. TOP COMMENT Looks like Aadhar details r available in a jiffy.No security whatsoever. The passport as an identification should not be cancelled. Clara Miranda "To avoid suspicion, the suspects got the GPA registered at the Mumbai-based registrar of properties office," he said. The officer said that the gang sold off Ganveer's plots and handed over possession of plots owned by another person who resides in Surat, Gujarat. "When the owner of these plots arrived in the city, she raised a hue and cry and approached police. Soon, Ganveer was informed that the deal was done in his name." -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
