Bareilly, Aug 9 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Police has busted a forgery racket operating under the guise of a cyber cafe and arrested its owner for producing fake government identity documents, officials said on Saturday.

According to Izzatnagar police station in-charge Narendra Singh, a team raided a cyber cafe in Khajuria Ghat village on Saturday after receiving a tip-off. The shop's shutter was half-closed, and inside, the suspect was using a computer and printer to create forged Aadhaar cards, Ayushman health cards and other identification papers.

The arrested man, identified as 24-year-old Shubham, was booked under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), he said.

Singh said Shubham's accomplice managed to escape during the raid by taking advantage of the crowd.

During interrogation, Shubham allegedly admitted to using the website printschrds.in to create the fake documents and also to selling Airtel and Vodafone SIM cards without proper authorisation.

The raid led to the seizure of computer hardware, a lamination machine, three rubber stamps, eight Ayushman cards, 26 Aadhaar cards, 25 Airtel SIM cards, seven Vodafone SIM cards, three fingerprint scanners, several other forged documents, and Rs 19,820 in cash, the official said. PTI COR KIS AMJ AMJ

Forgery of government identity documents results in arrest, seizure of equipment and alleged unauthorised SIM distribution. A cyber cafe in Bareilly was raided after discovery of an operation producing forged Aadhaar, Ayushman and other identity cards; the owner was arrested and booked under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The suspect allegedly admitted using an online service to create fake documents and to selling Airtel and Vodafone SIM cards without proper authorisation. Seized items included computer hardware, printing and lamination equipment, rubber stamps, fingerprint scanners, numerous forged identity cards and multiple SIM cards, preserved as evidence for further criminal investigation.