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By Express News ServiceHYDERABAD: After 127 city residents received notices from Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) claiming that they were illegal immigrants in the country and that they procured Aadhaar illegally, UIDAI on Wednesday clarified that the notices were a follow-up to complaints made by State police regarding the same. The clarification comes in the wake of media reports that notices were issued by the UIDAI to a few persons informing them they were not Indian nationals and should appear before an enquiry officer. ALSO READ: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi slams UIDAI, asks DGP to clarifyStating that the media reports were not ‘presented in correct perspective’, UIDAI has admitted that Aadhaar had nothing to do with citizenship issue. It was based on these complaints by the police that the regional office, Hyderabad, has sent notices to people and asked them to appear in person to substantiate their claims for getting an Aadhaar number, it said. Severe errors like forged documents, etc., will lead to appropriate actions, including suspending/cancelling the Aadhaar,” UIDAI said adding that this was a ‘routine process’..