Two held for submitting forged docs for voter registration

The Delhi Police have arrested two persons who were found involved in the submission of forged documents for voter registration, a senior police officer said on Sunday.The accused were identified as Juber, a 35-year-old cab driver from Ramesh Enclave and Nadeem (30), a resident of Kirari Suleman Nagar.

The case came to light on December 30, when the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) for Assembly Constituency-9 (Kirari) filed a complaint with the Prem Nagar Police Station alleging that five individuals had submitted applications for voter registration using forged documents.

On reviewing the documents, it was found that one of the applications, that of Juber, contained falsified information.

An FIR was registered and a team was formed to investigate and arrest the accused.

The investigation revealed that while the voter registration applications of three persons were legitimate, Juber's submission was found to be fraudulent.

"The tampering was linked to the residential address on his Aadhar card, which had been altered before his application for a voter ID card. Despite the Aadhar number itself being genuine, the fraudulent alteration of the address was discovered to be a deliberate attempt to obtain a voter ID card for Juber," DCP (Rohini) Amit Goel said.

Further investigations revealed that Juber had handed over his original Aadhar document to Nadeem, who runs a Jan Sewa Kendra in Mangolpuri.

Nadeem, who facilitates various online applications including for voter IDs and Aadhar cards, used his position to tamper with the details and submit the fraudulent application for Juber, said the officer.