Hundreds of voter ID, Aadhaar cards allegedly found at TMC’s abandoned Kolkata office

Mangalore Today News Network

Kolkata, May 28, 2026: A large number of voter ID cards, Aadhaar cards, and ration cards were allegedly recovered from a local TMC office in Kolkata’s Tangra area on Thursday, police said.

According to police, nearly 300 identity documents were found inside an almirah at the party office located on Tangra Second Lane in Ward No. 57. BJP workers alleged that the documents had been deliberately kept at the office to prevent people from exercising their voting rights.

“Everything is coming out in the open now. These cards were allegedly withheld so that people could not cast their votes,” a BJP worker alleged.

A local resident, Soumen Vicky Das, claimed that his Aadhaar card had gone missing before the elections and that he found it among the recovered documents at the party office.

“My Aadhaar card had disappeared before the polls. I came here and recovered it from among the seized documents,” he told reporters.

Locals alleged that no TMC workers had been seen at the office since the election results were declared on May 4.

“People from the locality entered the office after it had remained abandoned for days and found the documents,” a local resident claimed.

The TMC did not immediately respond to the allegations.

Police said no formal complaint had been lodged so far, but the matter was under examination.