diff --git a/src/app/clients/client-stepper/client-kyc-step/client-kyc-step.component.html b/src/app/clients/client-stepper/client-kyc-step/client-kyc-step.component.html
index f139711f3..65d2d97da 100644
--- a/src/app/clients/client-stepper/client-kyc-step/client-kyc-step.component.html
+++ b/src/app/clients/client-stepper/client-kyc-step/client-kyc-step.component.html
@@ -1321,6 +1321,11 @@
           kycForm.get('kycDocumentNumber')?.hasError('pattern') && kycForm.get('kycDocumentNumber')?.touched
         ) {
           <mat-error>Only letters, numbers, hyphens and slashes allowed</mat-error>
+        } @else if (
+          kycForm.get('kycDocumentNumber')?.hasError('aadhaarLast4Mismatch') &&
+          kycForm.get('kycDocumentNumber')?.touched
+        ) {
+          <mat-error>Last 4 digits do not match the Aadhaar number entered above</mat-error>
         }
       </mat-form-field>
 
diff --git a/src/app/clients/client-stepper/client-kyc-step/client-kyc-step.component.ts b/src/app/clients/client-stepper/client-kyc-step/client-kyc-step.component.ts
index 00d2afccd..cfca4fb8c 100644
--- a/src/app/clients/client-stepper/client-kyc-step/client-kyc-step.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/clients/client-stepper/client-kyc-step/client-kyc-step.component.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,14 @@
 
 import { Component, Input, OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy, SimpleChanges, inject } from '@angular/core';
 import { forkJoin, catchError, of } from 'rxjs';
-import { UntypedFormBuilder, UntypedFormGroup, Validators, FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
+import {
+  UntypedFormBuilder,
+  UntypedFormGroup,
+  Validators,
+  FormsModule,
+  AbstractControl,
+  ValidationErrors
+} from '@angular/forms';
 import {
   MatDialog,
   MAT_DIALOG_DATA,
@@ -567,6 +574,28 @@ export class ClientKycStepComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
   /** Existing signature document ID (for re-upload/delete) */
   existingSignatureDocId: string = '';
 
+  /**
+   * Cross-field check for the OVD "Document Number" field (kycDocumentNumber): when Aadhaar Card
+   * is the selected KYC document, its value must identify the same Aadhaar as the aadhaarNumber
+   * field captured earlier in this step - the last 4 digits are what's compared, since
+   * aadhaarNumber may hold either the raw 12-digit number or a masked value (masking only ever
+   * obscures the first 8 digits - see aadhaarMasked in the kycData getter below - so the last 4
+   * characters are always the real digits either way). Not applicable to any other document type,
+   * where kycDocumentNumber is unrelated to Aadhaar entirely.
+   */
+  private aadhaarLast4MatchValidator = (control: AbstractControl): ValidationErrors | null => {
+    if (this.selectedKycDoc?.code !== 'AADHAAR') {
+      return null;
+    }
+    const docNumber = (control.value || '').toString().trim();
+    const aadhaarValue = (control.parent?.get('aadhaarNumber')?.value || '').toString().trim();
+    if (docNumber.length < 4 || aadhaarValue.length < 4) {
+      // Required/pattern validators already flag an empty or too-short value on their own.
+      return null;
+    }
+    return docNumber.slice(-4) === aadhaarValue.slice(-4) ? null : { aadhaarLast4Mismatch: true };
+  };
+
   /** KYC Form */
   kycForm: UntypedFormGroup = this.formBuilder.group({
     hasPan: [true],
@@ -616,7 +645,8 @@ export class ClientKycStepComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
       [
         Validators.required,
         Validators.pattern(/^[A-Za-z0-9\-\/\s]+$/),
-        Validators.maxLength(30)
+        Validators.maxLength(30),
+        this.aadhaarLast4MatchValidator
       ]
     ],
     kycDocIssueDate: [''],
@@ -739,6 +769,14 @@ export class ClientKycStepComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
       this.kycForm.get('ecgcSalFlag')?.disable();
       this.kycForm.get('dormantFlag')?.disable();
     }
+
+    // aadhaarLast4MatchValidator (on kycDocumentNumber) reads this control's value directly rather
+    // than through its own valueChanges, so a re-check has to be triggered explicitly whenever the
+    // Aadhaar field itself changes - otherwise fixing aadhaarNumber after kycDocumentNumber was
+    // already entered would leave a stale mismatch error in place.
+    this.kycForm.get('aadhaarNumber')?.valueChanges.subscribe(() => {
+      this.kycForm.get('kycDocumentNumber')?.updateValueAndValidity({ onlySelf: true });
+    });
   }
 
   /** Seed the document-type picker from defaults (entity RBI docs vs. individual OVDs,
@@ -1009,6 +1047,9 @@ export class ClientKycStepComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
     // Reset uploads + merged preview when document type changes
     this.kycDocFiles = { front: null, back: null };
     this.kycDocMergedPreview = null;
+    // aadhaarLast4MatchValidator only applies while Aadhaar Card is selected - re-check so switching
+    // to/away from it immediately picks up (or clears) the mismatch error.
+    this.kycForm.get('kycDocumentNumber')?.updateValueAndValidity({ onlySelf: true });
   }
 
   isKycDocSelected(proof: ProofType): boolean {
@@ -1189,6 +1230,9 @@ export class ClientKycStepComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
           // Sync chip-picker selection with the prefilled document name
           if (data.kycDocumentName) {
             this.selectedKycDoc = this.findKycDocProofByName(data.kycDocumentName);
+            // patchValue above ran kycDocumentNumber's validators before selectedKycDoc was known,
+            // so aadhaarLast4MatchValidator needs a fresh check now that it is.
+            this.kycForm.get('kycDocumentNumber')?.updateValueAndValidity({ onlySelf: true });
           }
           // Set verification statuses from existing data
           if (data.panVerified) {