India, July 12 -- Raising concern over Aadhaar cards being apparently issued to unauthorised foreign nationals in the Capital, Delhi lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena on Friday directed chief secretary Dharmendra to take "urgent steps" to plug systemic loopholes and tighten regulatory oversight.

The move follows inputs from central intelligence agencies indicating that illegal immigrants have been able to secure Aadhaar numbers - often through misrepresentation or forged documents - allowing them access to citizenship-linked documents, and government welfare schemes, among others, said a note by the LG secretariat.

In it, Saxena instructed officials to shut down outsourced Aadhaar enrolment services and shift entirely to an in-house mo...