The UIDAI has asked the Jharkhand government to identify those involved in the recent Aadhaar leak case involving pensioners, saying the guilty may face a jail term of up to three years for violating legal provisions.

"As far as displaying of Aadhaar information is concerned, the UIDAI has taken it very seriously. We have approached the Jharkhand government and requested them to identify the officials or the staffers who are responsible for this act of omission or commission which led to this mistake," Unique Identity Authority of India CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey told PTI.

His statement comes in the wake of another data breach that saw details of lakhs of pensioners finding their way to a government website, displaying the names, addresses, Aadhaar numbers and bank accounts.

Earlier, cricketer M S Dhoni's personal Aadhaar details too were leaked. The UIDAI has filed an FIR on the matter and a police probe is on.

"If it is found that whatever they have done is an offence under the Aadhaar Act, then whosoever is found guilty, action will be taken against them and under the Aadhaar Act,their is provision of up to three years of imprisonment," Pandey warned. -- PTI