Residence certificate application in name of CM prompts police probe
Nitish Kumar
has come to light in Muzaffarpur district, prompting a police investigation into the matter, reported by Saraiya circle revenue officer Abhishek Singh.
He filed an FIR at Saraiya police station on July 29, even as the matter surfaced on Aug 3.
The fraudulent application was detected during the verification process, and authorities are now on a hunt for the individual who submitted the online application, police said on Monday.
Alleging that the fraud was orchestrated to tarnish the CM's image, Singh lodged a complaint, stating while processing an online residence certificate on July 29, he discovered an application under the name of CM Kumar, with Lakhan Paswan as father and Lakiya Devi as mother.
"The applicant's photo was replaced with CM Kumar's image. Upon seeing the application, an investigation was initiated," he said.
Saraiya station house officer Subhash Mukhiya said an investigation is underway. "Sub-inspector Anil Kumar has been appointed as the investigating officer. The police are taking the help of cyber experts to track the applicant's Internet Protocol address," he said.
It should be noted that recently, a case of issuing a residence certificate for a dog went viral, raising questions on the Bihar administration.
The residence certificate, issued through the Bihar RTPS portal of the Masaurhi zone office in Patna district, bore the digital signature of Murari Chauhan, the revenue officer concerned. The certificate featured a picture of a dog named 'Dog Babu', and address listed as Mohalla Kaulichak, Ward-15, Masaurhi Nagar Parishad.
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