Kolkata, Nov 23 (PTI) Six Aadhaar cards were found lying on the side of a road in Salt Lake satellite township on Sunday, prompting police to initiate an investigation, a senior officer said.

The cards had addresses of residents of different states such as Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, the officer said, adding that the cards were seized after local residents spotted those lying in a heap near a bin and informed police.

They were seized after local residents spotted them lying in a heap near a garbage bin and alerted police, an official of Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate said.

"We are investigating into the incident and contacting those whose addresses are given in the cards with help of their respective state police," the officer said.

The discovery of the cards created a flutter at a time when the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is underway in West Bengal, amid opposition allegations that a section of the ruling party has facilitated the procurement of Aadhaar cards by infiltrators using fake identities.

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Six discarded Aadhaar cards found; police investigating and contacting listed individuals amid electoral roll revision concerns. Six discarded Aadhaar cards bearing addresses in multiple states were seized after being found near a garbage bin; police have launched an investigation and are coordinating with respective state police to contact listed individuals and verify how the documents came to be discarded amid the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.