Thousands of Aadhaar cards found dumped in Maha well

Nagpur, Mar 14: Thousands of Aadhaar cards were recovered from a well here at Yavatmal area during a cleaning operation.

According to sources, a group of youngsters who had volunteered to desilt wells to allow their use as water sources in view of the extreme scarcity of drinking water, found thousands of original Aadhaar cards dumped in the well. The cards were packed in nylon gunny bags and weighed down with rocks. 
Sources also claimed that the Aadhaar cards belonged to residents of Lohara village on the city’s outskirts. 
Though the cards were partially damaged, the details on many of them were readable.
Following, a complaint was lodged with the district collector, who ordered a probe to find where the cards were in the custody of revenue department staffers or the Indian Postal Service sources said and further investigation is on. UNI