Even as India readies itself for the scheduled implementation of NRC, a wrong picture of a citizen in the identification card can be a cause of major concern. In an embarrassing turn of events, a man from West Bengal's Murshidabad, who was waiting to receive his voter ID, was issue done with the image of a dog.

Sunil Karmakar, a resident of Ramnagar, had on January 8applied to change the date of birth detail in the card which was wrongly mentioned. The goof-up with the picture angered Karmakar, who said that it wasan insult to him as a human being that the Election Commission had approved him as an animal instead.

"Yesterday I was given this voter ID card that is whenI saw the photo. The officer there signed and gave it to me but he didn`t seethe photo. This is playing with my dignity. I will go to the BDO office andrequest that this should not happen again," he said.

Murishdabad man, dog photo id card

Meanwhile, Farakka BDO Rajarshi Chakraborty admitted to themistake and said that it was a mistake and that the voter ID card will becorrected. Karmakar will be given his voter card with the correct picture atthe earliest, the BDO assured.

"We investigated the case as soon as we heard about theincident. In the month of January, applications to make changes in the voter IDcard was submitted and the new identification cards will be handed out inApril. There will be no mistake this time," she said.