Fake birth, death certificate racket busted in Hyderabad; five arrested
India Today
Two among the five accused work in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. The five hatched a plan to provide birth and death certificates in one day to needy customers. They collected Rs 1,300 from each applicant for the forged certificates.
The SR Nagar Police in Hyderabad has arrested five people who were running a birth and death certificate racket by submitting forged and fabricated documents to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) office.
The arrested accused include a data entry operator and the Health Assistant Officer of Circle Number 7 of GHMC.
Both the accused worked with the GHMC and worked on data entry of the birth and death certificates. These are forwarded from the CSC (Citizen Service Centre) after approval by the health assistant officer. The gang used to collect Rs 1,300 from each applicant for the forged certificate.
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Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), West Zone, Joel Davis, elaborated on the steps to obtain a birth or death certificate.
“In general, to issue a certificate we have to follow the procedure of verifying both records, the discharge summary from the Hospital and the discharge summary of the person who applied for the certificate. The Health Assistant Officer will verify both records and make an entry into the register,” he said.
"Then data entries are made in the system. AMOH will give digital signature approval for the certificate and the certificate will automatically be uploaded to GHMC website, which the applicant can download from Mee-Seva centres,” explained the DCP.
