Continued from page 01 THE Collectoru2019s office decides the legality of the centres and hence will inform the police about the same.
u201c The Thane Crime Branch has simultaneously started investigating the matter. Our officials are recording the statements of shopkeepers in the neighbourhood where the alleged illegal private Aadhaar Centres are operational, to know the nature of their work,u201d said a senior police officer at Unit 1 of the Thane police Crime Branch.
u201c We are also waiting for response from the Thane collectoru2019s office.
Our future course of ( legal) action will be based on the reports we receive from the Collector office,u201d the officer added.
Commissioner upset with mid- day However, Thane Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar was upset with the story published on February 3, and said there will be no investigation.
He told this reporter, u201c What is your ulterior motive behind publishing the story? Who is mid- day to decide whether those Aadhaar centres are illegal? My officers have told me that those Aadhaar centres only do printing jobs and are not updating or issuing any fresh Aadhaar cards. So, we are not conducting any investigation based on the report published in mid- day.u201d Collector speak The Thane Collector, Rajesh Narvekar said, u201c My office has received a letter [ from the Thane police] but we have not got the time to check its contents yet. I will update you.u201d The spokesperson of the Unique Identification Authority of India ( UIDAI) said, u201c I am busy at present.u201d Aadhaar Seva Kendras ( ASK) have been set up exclusively at government offices, such as post offices, banks ( nationalised and private), the BSNL or MTNL buildings, etc.
The UIDAI has set up exclusive ASKs as a single stop destination for all Aadhaar services.
Illegal centres still operate But, in spite of the government ban on all private bodies accepting documents to make Aadhaar cards, tiny illegal shops offering Aadhaar services at high prices thrive in Thane. mid- day revisited the illegal private centres mentioned in the report earlier and they were still operational.
Cops waiting for report from Thane Collectoru2019s office The other Aadhaar centre mentioned in mid- dayu2019s report. File pic u2018 My office has received a letter [ from Thane police] but we have not got the time to check its content yet. I will update youu2019 Rajesh Narvekar, Collector, Thane
