Sant Kabir Nagar (UP), Mar 19 (PTI) The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested a man here for his alleged involvement in a gang manufacturing forged Aadhaar cards, officials said on Thursday.

The accused, identified as Vinod Kumar Vishwakarma, a resident of Naurangiya village, was apprehended late Wednesday evening from a shop in the Sabzi Mandi locality under the Khalilabad Kotwali police station area.

The arrest follows a wider investigation into a fake Aadhaar card racket unearthed by the Lucknow ATS in August 2025. Several arrests had been made at that time across various districts, including Gorakhpur.

During the ongoing probe, Vishwakarma's name surfaced for allegedly providing technical assistance to the syndicate. An ATS team led by Inspector Kuldeep Singh, with the assistance of local Kotwali police, conducted a raid at his shop and took him into custody.

The ATS recovered a laptop, a mobile phone, and several incriminating documents from the spot.

Station House Officer of Khalilabad police station, Jai Prakash Dubey, said the ATS team conducted a preliminary inquiry at the local police station before leaving for Lucknow with the accused for further interrogation. PTI COR CDN MPL MPL

Aadhaar forgery: arrest and seizure of devices as suspect taken for further interrogation and investigation. Allegations concern a gang producing forged Aadhaar cards and the arrest of an individual alleged to have provided technical assistance to that syndicate; electronic devices and documentary material were recovered during a raid and the suspect was transferred for further interrogation as part of an ongoing inter-district probe.