IM gleaned info from matrimonial websites to get ID cards

Mumbai, Apr 9 (PTI) Prospective brides and grooms who
avail services of online matrimonials, will now have to be
more cautious as their photographs and personal details
registered on such websites might be lifted by the terrorists
for making fake identities.

In a startling revelation, one of the alleged members
of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM), has confessed to have
used information and photographs posted on matrimonial
websites to get themselves fake student ID cards, which could
be used to procure fake driving licenses.

Anik Sayyed (27), a computer professional in his
confessional statement recorded by a magistrate in October
2008, has said that he downloaded photos from websites like
Shaadi.com and Bharti.com and used them on forged documents.

"I used to type matrimony in Google and open sites
like Shaadi.com and Bharti.com and used to download photos of
men registered on those sites. I used to then edit those
photographs in Coreldraw and Adobe Photoshop and paste them on
other documents," Anik has said.

Anik, who was arrested by Mumbai crime branch from
Pune last year, has further said that he also used information
from the BSNL telephone directory to forge details for
procuring SIM cards.

The confessional statements of seven out of the 21
arrested IM members were opened by a special MCOCA court
here Wednesday and the copies were given to the other accused.
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