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A pink ration card issued by the state government says world renowned cricketer, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, has been living at Lake View Colony in Nellore. The ration card, numbered PAP0982079D0374, has his picture and has the name Ramesh printed in the father’s name column.
Another pink ration card with the number 0982079D0179 has his picture but has been issued in the name Bojjam Ramanaiah, son of Masthanaiah of Lake View Colony. Revenue authorities found these bogus cards among 6,000 such cards they detected during an inspection which involved cross-checking of data.
They also found scores of such cards among the 2 lakh cards issued in Nellore town. On another card, officials found a minor boy’s picture on a white ration card. Another one had a building structure as the beneficiary. A card in the name of a small-time film actor was also found among the bogus cards. Officials blame the private agencies which were hired to issue the cards as responsible for the mess.
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