Mumbai, May 30 -- Following the rise of cases involving fake identity cards, the Maharashtra government is set to provide digital smart cards to all policemen of the Mumbai police commissionerate. The state home department passed an order on Thursday approving four crore for this transition. The order came after the Mumbai police commissioner had requested the state government to allow them to shift to digital smart cards. According to the government resolution passed issued by the state home department, there are 51,308 posts in the entire police force and they all use printed cards, which are easy to forge using a desktop publishing operator. Due to this, people are duped by fake police cards, and there has been an increase in 'digital arrests' where fraudsters impersonate law enforcement officials via video or phone calls to intimidate victims and extort money. The order adds that the police department will be the first among government departments in the state to start using digital smart cards. The home department has asked the police force to use the latest technology for making smart cards, and to conduct random inspections before and after their implementation....