AIMIM Aadhaar Data Collection Complaint: A Delhi resident has asked the police to investigate an alleged voter data collection exercise linked to the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen. The complaint claims that AIMIM volunteers may have copied Aadhaar details and other personal information while helping people with the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Kartikey Singh, a resident of Tagore Garden, submitted the complaint at Rajouri Garden police station on Thursday. He asked the police to register an FIR and examine how voters’ information was collected, copied, stored and possibly used.
Copies of the complaint were also sent to the Election Commission of India and the Chief Electoral Officer of Telangana.
The complaint is based mainly on a Facebook video shared to promote AIMIM’s voter-mapping application. The post was connected to AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi. Parliament’s official website currently lists Owaisi as the sitting Lok Sabha member from Hyderabad. AIMIM’s website also names him as the party president.
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The screenshots attached to the complaint appear to show Aadhaar cards lying on a table while volunteers handle papers. Another image shows carbon paper placed under a form while voter details are being written.
A separate AIMIM-branded sheet contains spaces for a voter’s name, EPIC number, address, date of birth, mobile number and family information. It also asks for details from the previous SIR. The Aadhaar number field on the sheet is marked as optional.
One public post about the exercise carried the line “InshaAllah! Telangana ki tarah AIMIM Uttarakhand mein bhi SIR ke liye App banayegi: Asaduddin Owaisi”
Another part of the description said “AIMIM poore Bharat ki waahid party hai jo Special Intensive Revision (SIR) ke liye App bana kar awaam ki madad kar rahi hai: Barrister Asaduddin Owaisi”
Singh’s complaint does not object only to volunteers helping voters. It questions why Aadhaar cards appeared to be photographed or copied. It also asks why carbon paper was being used if the volunteers only needed to fill in and submit one form.
According to the complaint, carbon paper could create a second copy containing the same personal details. Singh asked the police to find out who kept those copies and what happened to them later.
He also wants investigators to check whether the information was entered into AIMIM’s application or added to another private system. The complaint asks where the records were kept, who could open them and how long they were supposed to remain stored.
The Election Commission does allow recognised political parties to help with the SIR process. In an official May 2026 order, the commission said booth-level agents of recognised parties could collect up to 50 forms each day and pass them to the booth-level officer. The same order says government-appointed booth-level officers carry out house visits and collect or verify the forms. It does not give political agents general permission to keep private copies or build their own voter databases.
Singh alleged that the exercise may have been carried out in Delhi, Telangana, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand. He based this claim on statements made in the party’s public video.
The complaint asks the police to find out how many voters were covered across these states. It also seeks information about the people who created, approved and operated the application.
One major concern is whether Aadhaar information was mixed with election details. A single record containing a person’s name, address, phone number, date of birth, family links, Aadhaar number and polling-area information could reveal a large amount about that voter.
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Singh claimed that such records could be used to divide voters by area, religion, caste, community, age or gender. A political group could then use the information for highly targeted messages, local campaigns or community-based voter contact.
The complaint asks investigators to check whether any political profiling actually happened. It also asks whether the records were shared with party offices, campaign workers, technology companies or other outside groups.
It further seeks details about the servers, phones, computers and online platforms used during the exercise. Investigators have been asked to find out whether the app had a privacy policy, proper passwords, access controls and a system for deleting the information.
The complaint also questions whether voters clearly agreed to the process. It asks whether people were told that their Aadhaar cards might be photographed or copied. It also asks whether they were informed about where their information would go and when it would be destroyed.
UIDAI provides a paperless Aadhaar verification service that does not reveal the complete Aadhaar number. The person can choose what information to share and the process is meant to be voluntary. UIDAI says this system removes the need to hand over a normal photocopy of the Aadhaar letter. It also says a service provider must not share or publicly display the offline e-KYC information it receives.
Section 29 of the Aadhaar Act contains restrictions on the sharing of Aadhaar-related information. Whether those rules apply to the exact actions shown in the video would depend on what information was collected and how it was later handled.
The complaint asks Delhi Police to inspect AIMIM’s app and secure electronic devices before any data can be deleted or moved. It also seeks a check of physical forms, duplicate copies, phone photographs, cloud accounts and server records.
Singh cited Sections 303, 314, 62 and 61 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. These sections deal with theft, dishonest misappropriation of property, attempts to commit offences and criminal conspiracy. The police would still have to decide whether the facts support the use of any of these sections.
He also requested an examination under the Aadhaar Act, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act and any other law that may apply.
There is an important timing issue with the data protection law. The government’s November 2025 notification brought some parts of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act into force immediately. Many of the main rules dealing with consent, data processing and the duties of organisations are scheduled to start 18 months after the notification. This means authorities will have to check which provisions were legally active when the alleged collection happened.
The complaint warns that poorly protected Aadhaar details may place people at risk of impersonation, identity theft, financial fraud or unwanted political targeting. It asks the police to investigate whether voters understood what they were giving and whether their information remained safe.
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Singh also questioned why authorities in Delhi and Maharashtra had not started action on their own even though the exercise was shown publicly. He asked whether officials had inspected any voter-help centre or demanded details about the app from AIMIM.
Rajouri Garden police had received the document but had not registered an FIR or started a formal investigation. No finding of illegal data collection or misuse had been made against AIMIM yet.
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