Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday busted a racket for issuing fake registration slips to Amarnath pilgrims when two buses were stopped for e-KYC verification and issuance of RFID Cards in the union territory’s Samba district.
According to officials, two buses carrying 68 Amarnath pilgrims originating from Muzaffarnagar reported at Shri Chichi Mata mandir for e-KYC verification and issuance of RFID Cards.
“On verification by the vigilant e-KYC Team of Samba disrict led by District Informatics Officer, it was found that yatra permits of most of the pilgrims were tampered.”
Official from Samba added that on further enquiry from the pilgrims and drivers, it was revealed that the passengers got permits from Vikas Bus Services’ Rahul Bhardwaj, a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, in exchange of Rs 7000/-per head.”
“Accordingly the Samba district administration immediately swung into action and the district Police took cognizance of the incident.”
They said, “Consequently, an FIR under section 420/468 of IPC has been registered in Police Station Samba.”
“The DM, Samba, Abhishek Sharma took up the matter with his counterpart in Muzaffarnagar andrequested him to initiate legal action against the culprits namely Rahul Bhardwaj and others, responsible for cheating these gullible pilgrims, so that no innocent pilgrims further fall prey to such kind of frauds,” Official said
“The pilgrims shall be assisted for getting RFID cards which will be issued after fresh registration.”
Officials added that all pilgrims have been requested to keep their authentic Yatra Permits along with Aadhaar Card for proper e-KYC verification at the RFID counters and all Yatris are also requested to keep the RFID cards with them during the Yatra.
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