After Sania, Sachin `issued' ration card!

 NELLORE: If Sania Mirza can be `issued' a ration card, why can't the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar get one too! In what is a classic case of
rank official apathy, two ration cards bearing Sachin Tendulkar's name and photographs were found during the exercise to weed out bogus ration cards here on Wednesday.

Both the cards were issued in Nellore town, with details such as father's name, family members, missing. The two cards were part of the 6,000 ration cards which were found to be bogus. Ironically, some cards were `issued' in the name of buildings and some to streets.

In all, two lakh ration cards were verified by officials after the district administration went into an overdrive to weed out fake cards.

Drop-boxes and a toll-free helpline have been set up to receive as many complaints as possible from the public on bogus cards. Officials said ten days' time has been given to the people to disclose the details voluntarily. "After that, we will conduct random raids, seize the bogus cards and book cases against the card holders," a senior official warned. According to official sources, there are 6,94,985 white ration cards in the district and amongst them, nearly one lakh cards are suspected to be bogus.


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