Aadhar, PAN, Passport – The case of multiple identities and your investments

AADHAR, PAN, PASSPORT - MULTIPLE IDENTITIES

2 years ago, I wanted to use the Aadhar based OTP method of e-verification. But it wouldn’t work. The system failed to match the records.

The reason is my PAN. My PAN was created in 2002 or 03. At that time, I had a middle name – “KUMAR”.

You see, my father is a old Bollywood movies fan.

Systems are programmed to behave like systems. For my PAN and my Aadhar, I was two different people, courtesy my middle name.

So, they didn’t link and did not allow me to e-verify.

What do I do?

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