A day after the National Crime Records Bureau made a case for limited Aadhaar data access for the police to crack crimes, the UIDAI asserted that use of Aadhaar biometric data for criminal investigation is not allowed under the Aadhaar Act.
It also said on Friday that Aadhaar data has never been shared with any crime investigating agency.
The UIDAI statement came after NCRB Director Ish Kumar on Thursday made a strong pitch for the police to be provided with limited access to Aadhaar data.
The “very limited” exception to this, said UIDAI, is allowed under Section 33 of the Aadhaar Act, which permits use of or access to biometric data in cases involving national security, only after pre-authorisation by an oversight committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary.
