Five held for fake certs, Aadhaar cards racket
Kushinagar SP Santosh Kr Mishra said that a team comprising personnel from Ravindranagar Dhus police station and the district cyber cell conducted a targeted raid based on credible intelligence inputs. The operation led to the arrest of five persons identified as kingpin Mohan Kumar Gaur and gang members Dilip Kumar Chaudhary, Rajvant Gupta, Asfaq Ansari and Sonu Kr Yadav, who were operating under the cover of a Common Service Centre (CSC).
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