India, Dec. 22 -- The police on Saturday arrested a cyber cafe owner for allegedly creating fake government and private documents, including forged seals, used for character verification certificates.

According to the Cuffe Parade police, the fraud came to light on Friday when a woman, Haseena Safiqul Khatun, approached the police for the character verification required for her passport application.

When the police scanned the QR code on her birth certificate, it did not give the expected result. Usually, scanning this QR leads to a secure official webpage confirming the document's authenticity. Further investigations revealed discrepancies in the font on her Aadhaar card.

The police said they also found irregularities in the photocopy...