Assam NRC: Police arrest four persons for allegedly using fake legacy data
Guwahati, Apr 8 (IBNS): While the National Register of Citizens (NRC) updation process is going on in Assam to detect illegal foreigners residing in the state, some shocking reports have come to light as few suspected illegal foreigners are trying to include their names in the NRC by using fake legacy data.
Assam police arrested four persons, including a woman from middle Assam’s Nagaon and Hojai district, who allegedly used fake legacy data.
On Sunday, the Nagaon district police arrested a woman, who tried to enter her and other family members name in the NRC by using fake legacy data.
The police arrested the woman identified as Shahera Begum from Dakshin Gamariati near Rangalo area in the middle Assam district in connection with the case no 1145/2018 registered at Nagaon police station.
Officer-in-Charge of Nagaon police station Ananta Das said the arrested woman and her family had illegally used others legacy data to include their names in the NRC.
“We had registered a case by using others legacy data and submitting fake documents and today arrested the accused woman from Rangalo area. Other family members are absconding and we have launched operation to nab them,” the Assam cops said.
On the other hand, Hojai district police arrested three more persons from Mirza area in lower Assam’s Kamrup district on Saturday, who also tried to include their names in the NRC by using others legacy data.
The arrested persons were identified as Raju Das, Subhash Das and Hemanta Nath.
According to the reports, the arrested persons had allegedly used legacy data of Late Prakash Das of Hojai Govindpally.
Ratan Das, son of Late Prakash Das said, "When we noticed that, some unknown persons had allegedly used our legacy data (in the name of my father), we had immediately informed police."
The first part draft NRC was published on Dec 31 midnight last by including 1.90 crore people name out of 3.29 crore applicants.
The entire NRC updation process is going on in Assam under the Supreme Court monitoring.
The apex court has directed the NRC authorities to publish the final and full draft NRC by June 30 next.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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