On the complaint of Mumbai BJP Vice President Acharya Pawan Tripathi, the Deputy CM has directed the Mumbai Police Commissioner to investigate the matter of making fake PAN cards.

Deputy Chief Minister Fadnavis has directed the Mumbai Police Commissioner to take necessary action in this regard and has also said that the central investigating agencies should be immediately informed about the issue.

Tripathi has submitted evidence of fake PAN card in Malvani area of ​​Malad West assembly constituency, a suburb of Mumbai.

He told that in many Muslim dominated areas, there are reports of more PAN cards than the population.

The BJP said in a release that Tripathi had informed Fadnavis that fake PAN cards were being made on a large scale by people of a particular community.

He has claimed that thousands of people have got fake PAN cards made in a planned manner in Muslim dominated areas.

In the details of some records of the Income Tax Department, more PAN cards have been seen than the population.

Tripathi said that this is possible only when a person holds more than one PAN card. He indicated that fake PAN cards are being misused for illegal transactions and money laundering.

Like fake PAN cards, Tripathi has expressed the possibility of making fake Aadhaar cards, voter cards, ration cards and Ayushman Bharat cards on a large scale.

Tripathi also gave Fadnavis proof of multiple PAN cards of the same person. This person is a resident of Malvani complex of Malad assembly constituency.