Bantwal : Bantwal tahasildar Purandara Hegde and Bantwal police raided a JDS leader house at Kelaginapete in Bantwal for illegal Adhar card issuance in his on Tuesday July 11.

The DK Secretary of the JDS district minority unit Haroon Rashid and his aid Prancis Prashanth Volamogaru involved in this illegal Adhar card process center.

During the raid A laptop, printer, scanner, an eye scan, a biometric system, a digital camera, and a GPS system were seized from the spot, officials stated.

The officials found total 19 registrations were done at the centre on Wednesday and 75 on Tuesday. A team said without prior permission of the government, registration was going on there for the issuance of Adhar cards.

Haroon Rashid said, he had permission to register for Adhar cards within Kadaba panchayat limits.

A case has been registered against Haroon Rashid in the Bantwal town police station.

The tahasildar said that he has asked the officials to take appropriate legal steps against the erring persons.

Bantal revenue inspector and Naveen Benjanapadavu, Seetharam Kammaje of taluk administration, taluk panchayat staff, Vishu Kumar, village accountant, Raju Lamani, and other personnel of the office were in the raiding party.