Police sealed a Cyber Cafe on charges of selling Aadhaar cards for cash in Purbasthali in Kalna today. Police received a tip off that the cafe was charging Rs 380 for online preparation of Aadhaar card and Aadhaar rectification using the Unique Identification Authority of India’s portal.
Police raided the Cafe and asked the operators to produce valid license documents allowing them to run the business, but the youths failed. Police said that everyday at least two dozens such cards were issued from the Cafe near the Purbasthali Railway Station. Police also seized two laptops, mobile phones and arrested two individuals, Sahadev Biswas and Rajesh Sheikh.