Two, including Rohingya refugee, held for carrying Aadhaar card

Hyderabad: The Balapur Police have apprehended two persons, including a Rohingya refugee, for obtaining the Aadhaar card by providing false information to UIDAI, which is the mandated to issue Unique Identity - Aadhaar to all residents of India.

Two Aadhar cards and one passport have been seized from the accused.

#Hyderabad: Balapur police apprehend two persons including a Rohingya refugee for obtaining Aadhaar by providing false info to UIDAI pic.twitter.com/5f24D3xVOT— ANI (@ANI) October 15, 2017

The refugee named, Mohammed Ajamuddin, and Indian national Riyazuddin Molla told the UIDAI authorities that the former is the son of the latter to avoid troubles and act as an Indian citizen.

The police confirm that in the process, Riyaz helped Ajamuddin in obtaining the Aadhaar card, and violated the provisions of the foreigners act.On credible information, the Balapur Police apprehended the accused persons.