Residence certificate for 'Dog Babu' in Bihar raises eyebrows amid SIR row

BELIEVE it or not, a residence (domicile) certificate—one of the 11 documents required in the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar—was recently issued to a canine in rural Patna.

- RAMASHANKAR @Patna

Screenshots of the certificate, carrying the photograph of a golden retriever listed as 'Dog Babu,' have gone viral on the Internet, leaving social media users in splits. The document lists his parents as 'Kutta Babu' and 'Kutiya Devi' and his address as Mohalla Kaulichak, Ward No. 15, in Nagar Parishad Masaurhi, which falls under the Patna district.