Dhoni's Aadhaar form leaked on Twitter, wife Sakshi complains to minister

Sakshi Dhoni tweeted to Ravi Shankar Prasad questioning privacy

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BS Web Team New Delhi
Last Updated : Mar 29 2017 | 1:13 PM IST
An apparent mistake has led to the  personal details of cricket icon MS Dhoni being made public.

CSCeGov, helping the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) implement Aadhaar,  through its official twitter handle  tweeted a picture in which MS Dhoni’s fingerprints are getting scanned into the system. They also tweeted a screenshot of the  cricketer’s Aadhaar card application form following which Dhoni’s wife Sakshi tweeted to IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad regarding the event.

Sakshi Dhoni took up the issue with Information and Technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who had tweeted the cricketer's photo while the Aadhaar ientification process on going on.

 
Sakshi responded asking if there is no privacy left. Here is the series of tweets shared between Ravi Shankar Prasad and Sakshi Dhoni.







The agency, CSCeGov had mistakenly tweeted the Aadhaar form of MS Dhoni, which had his personal information.



Ravi Shankar Prasad said he'll look into the matter and take serious action. Sakshi Dhoni thanked him for his promptness. 

However, no update has come on what action has been or will be taken on this issue.


UIDAI has blacklisted centre that leaked Aadhaar receipt of cricketer M S Dhoni for 10 years, PTI reported.

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