Bengal Police arrests fraudster from Sonarpur for making fake Aadhaar cards

Just when Bengal is boiling over fears of voter names being cut during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), Bengal Police uncovers a secret workshop making fake Aadhaar cards. Today, acting on a tip-off, Sonarpur police station officers swooped down on a house in Ghasiara area and arrested Kalpadeb Mondal, a local resident running what looks like a full-fledged counterfeit ID factory. Inside his modest home they found fingerprint scanners, web cameras, high-end printers, laptops loaded with Aadhaar software, blank cards, and stacks of already-printed fake Aadhaar cards—some bearing photos and details of people from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and even Bangladesh.

Police says Kalpadev was not working alone; he allegedly used the login ID of an enroler from another state to bypass official checks and generate genuine-looking numbers. Customers, many believed to be illegal migrants, would pay him to get “real” Aadhaar cards that could later help them open bank accounts, get SIM cards, or even try to sneak onto voter lists. Police recovered dozens of such cards and are now tracing the people whose fingerprints and photos were misused.

The timing has raised eyebrows—fake IDs could easily be used to create ghost voters or protect illegal names during the ongoing voter-list clean-up drive. Locals are shocked that such a dangerous racket was running quietly in their neighbourhood. Sonarpur Police have sealed the house, seized all equipment, and taken Kalpadeb into custody for detailed questioning. Officers warn that more arrests may follow as they dig into his call records and money trail. In a state already on edge about identity fraud, this bust feels like a small but important win against those trying to play with India’s most trusted ID.