Over 4 lakh fake birth certs generated on bogus names in UP, Bihar: Charge sheet

LUCKNOW: Unbelievable but true! Over four lakh fake birth and 5,000 fake death certificates were generated on bogus names and addresses in at least 29 districts across UP and 13 in Bihar by a widespread nexus that was busted in the Salon development block of UP's Rae Bareli this year in July, revealed the charge sheet filed in the case after four months of investigation, said Rae Bareli police on Tuesday.

- Rohit Kumar Singh

The UP Police and other law enforcement agencies are now left with the herculean task of identifying the beneficiaries of these certificates and checking their misuse. Statements of 17 accused, including kingpin, Ravikesh Lal Yadav, of Darbhanga in Bihar were recorded during the probe, said officials.

The fake birth certificates scam was exposed in Salon when the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in July red-flagged certain certificates made on 'bogus' addresses of 12 villages after recovering documents from some people, including a few Bangladesh nationals arrested from different states. The probe revealed that over 19,184 fake birth certificates were issued on the addresses of four villages of Salon development block, misusing the government's Civil Registration System (CRS) portal.