Bengaluru: Retired doctor in the dock for Aadhaar attestation
By Praveen Kumar, Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Updated: Dec 15, 2017, 08.44 AM IST
Former medical officer accused of attesting address, ID proofs
A retired Resident Medical Officer (RMO) of the state government has landed in a soup after he allegedly issued fabricated attestation of proofs of identities and addresses for the purpose of Aadhaar enrolment and updation. This caught the attention of deputy director of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), who has filed a complaint.
The issue assumes significance as only recently a duty doctor at a government hospital in Jayanagar was accused of having issued Gazetted Officer certificates to three Pakistani nationals without checking their background.
The complaint against Dr Mahantappa Shabadi, retired RMO, government of Karnataka, Karnataka Medical Council (KMC) 11032, was filed by Ashok Lenin, deputy director, UIDAI. The complaint against Shabadi accuses him of omission and commission by issuing fabricated attestation of proofs of identities and addresses. The complaint was registered on Monday. "The incident came to light during back-end checking at the regional office of the UIDAI at Khanija Bhavan on the Race Course Road when the details of the gazetted officers, who attest the Aadhaar enrolment applications, were being scrutinised. When an application attested by Dr Mahantappa Shabadi was being checked, we found that as he had retired, he was not authorised to sign as a gazetted officer," said an official of UIDAI.
In the attestation copy, the doctor's address is given as RMS Layout in Sanjyanagar. Shabadi is also accused of illegally issuing the Gazetted Officer (GO) certificates at proofs. Lenin states in the complaint that this act of the doctor facilitates forgery and fabrication. "Investigation is in the preliminary stages. The police are in the process of collecting documents from the UIDAI to establish their allegations against the doctor," Chetan Singh Rathor, deputy commissioner of police (North), told BM.
When the Sanjaynagar police went to the specified address, they found he had vacated the house. A case under section 419 (cheating by personation) , 420 (cheating) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document) of IPC, section 34 of The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act 2016 has been registered against Shabadi.
By Praveen Kumar, Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Updated: Dec 15, 2017, 08.44 AM IST
Former medical officer accused of attesting address, ID proofs
A retired Resident Medical Officer (RMO) of the state government has landed in a soup after he allegedly issued fabricated attestation of proofs of identities and addresses for the purpose of Aadhaar enrolment and updation. This caught the attention of deputy director of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), who has filed a complaint.
The issue assumes significance as only recently a duty doctor at a government hospital in Jayanagar was accused of having issued Gazetted Officer certificates to three Pakistani nationals without checking their background.
The complaint against Dr Mahantappa Shabadi, retired RMO, government of Karnataka, Karnataka Medical Council (KMC) 11032, was filed by Ashok Lenin, deputy director, UIDAI. The complaint against Shabadi accuses him of omission and commission by issuing fabricated attestation of proofs of identities and addresses. The complaint was registered on Monday. "The incident came to light during back-end checking at the regional office of the UIDAI at Khanija Bhavan on the Race Course Road when the details of the gazetted officers, who attest the Aadhaar enrolment applications, were being scrutinised. When an application attested by Dr Mahantappa Shabadi was being checked, we found that as he had retired, he was not authorised to sign as a gazetted officer," said an official of UIDAI.
In the attestation copy, the doctor's address is given as RMS Layout in Sanjyanagar. Shabadi is also accused of illegally issuing the Gazetted Officer (GO) certificates at proofs. Lenin states in the complaint that this act of the doctor facilitates forgery and fabrication. "Investigation is in the preliminary stages. The police are in the process of collecting documents from the UIDAI to establish their allegations against the doctor," Chetan Singh Rathor, deputy commissioner of police (North), told BM.
When the Sanjaynagar police went to the specified address, they found he had vacated the house. A case under section 419 (cheating by personation) , 420 (cheating) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document) of IPC, section 34 of The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act 2016 has been registered against Shabadi.
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