The fake documents recovered by the police.
Credit: Bengaluru Police
Bengaluru: The Hebbagodi police on Tuesday arrested two men running a racket that forged government identification cards and marks cards, which they sold to customers.
The suspects are Yeshwant, 19, of Yarandanahalli and G Raghuveer, 25, of Anekal.
Raghuveer, an ITI graduate, ran Gurudatta Computers, a cybercafe in Hebbagodi, where he and Yeshwant, a PU passout, ran the racket.
Investigations revealed that they sold fake Aadhaar cards for up to Rs 10,000 and marks cards, including SSLC and PUC certificates, for up to Rs 20,000.
"The Aadhaar cards were primarily used for booking OYO rooms, while marks cards were used for getting jobs. This has been, prima facie, established during the probe,” a police officer said.
The suspects allegedly warned customers not to use the fake certificates for government job applications to avoid detection. A team led by Inspector Somashekar unearthed the racket through informer leads.
"This was an issue of national security. The police used a decoy and secured fake Aadhaar certificates, establishing the offence,” the officer added.
On September 10, investigators raided the cybercafe and arrested Yeshwant. They seized a computer, printer, lamination machine, hard disk, two mobile phones, Rs 2,000 in cash and copies of fake Aadhaar and marks cards.
The police have booked the duo under the Information Technology Act, the Aadhaar Act, and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.