Varanasi, Dec. 5 -- Jaunpur police on Thursday busted an interstate gang allegedly involved in forging birth certificates and arrested five of its members. Police said nine Android mobile phones and four laptops used in the operation were recovered from the accused.

The arrested individuals have been identified as Ankit Yadav, 24; Rashid, 26, a resident of Madhubani district in Bihar; Raj Kumar alias Vicky, 22, a resident of Haibatpur in Gautam Buddha Nagar; Rajiv Kumar, 24, of Amroha; and Abhishek Gupta, 31, a resident of Prema Bihar Colony in Lucknow.

Police said the case surfaced after one mister Ratan Kumar approached Vinay Yadav, who prepares Aadhaar cards, to get a birth certificate made for his daughter. Vinay allegedly provided ...