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Bank ‘mitra’ held for Aadhaar data breach

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Shamsher Singh, working as a bank “mitra” with the SBI have been arrested in connection with the misuse of biometrics of an Aadhaar operator. Illustration: Sandeep Joshi
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Deepender Deswal

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Tribune News Service

Hisar, February 10

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The Jind police have arrested a youth in connection with the misuse of biometrics of an Aadhaar operator of the State Bank of India (SBI) in Uchana town. The accused, identified as Shamsher Singh, works as a bank “mitra” with the SBI. He is a friend of complainant Vikram Sheokand, whose Aadhaar credentials have been misused.

Jind SSP Ashwin Shenvi said the accused had been taken on two days’ police remand. “The police and a team of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) are working in tandem to investigate the case,” he added.

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Sources said the complainant was called for questioning today.

Vikram said, “It seems unlikely that Shamsher could have been involved in the case. The case has caused me harassment. I doubt whether the investigation is going on in the right direction.”

On January 29, Vikram had lodged a complaint with the police about the breach of his Aadhaar biometrics by unidentified persons. He said Rs1,000 and Rs7,500 were transferred from his biometrics-protected bank account on November 14 and 20 last year. He had lodged acomplaint with the UIDAI on November 22.

Sheokand had also alleged someone else logged into his biometrics-protected Aadhaar account in November and committed 646 errors which drew a penalty of Rs33.4 lakh.

An error report from the UIDAI had mentioned Sheokand had used multiple station IDs to log into his account for several Aadhaar enrolments without valid documents.

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