3,000 illegal birth & death certificates cancelled in Maharashtra

NASHIK: The Jalgaon wellness section cancelled astir 3,000 delayed commencement and decease certificates aft it recovered they were generated illegally, and reported the substance to the authorities govt.Dr Sachin Bhayekar, the territory wellness officer, said the administration, astatine the opening of Jan 2026, received accusation that amerciable delayed commencement and decease certificates were generated and delivered from Bhatpuri colony successful Parola taluka. Subsequently, an probe was launched.“Upon going done the details, the territory medication recovered that since 2016, erstwhile the online process for registration began, a idiosyncratic ID was generated for Bhatpuri, a far-flung village, but it was ne'er used.

However, astatine slightest 4,907 delayed commencement and decease certificates were generated from the village,” the serviceman said. The substance came to airy aft the medication got an alert from the Yavatmal territory medication astir respective certificates being generated from Bhatpuri.It was recovered the certificates were issued for the play 2010 to 2025, and they were each processed during Nov-Dec 2025. “The names successful whose favour the certificates were generated included the likes of Sarita Devi and Gopal Das, and immoderate Muslim-sounding names.

However, Patil, Mahajan, Bhil, etc, are the communal surnames of radical who unrecorded astir this area. The probe besides covered the neighbouring colony of Ratale but, determination too, radical with specified names/surnames were not found,” Bhayekar said.The territory medication conducted a thorough probe and recovered that determination was nary grounds of these names. The wellness section raised the contented with authorities govt and informed the authorities registrar. Following directives from the authorities registrar, the wellness section started cancelling the certificates. So far, adjacent to 3,000 certificates person been cancelled. The full process volition beryllium completed successful a week’s time.Bhayekar said a peculiar probe squad was acceptable up astatine the territory level. An FIR was besides registered against chartless people.