Certificates issued without applications on Oct 6 and 7; health dept blocks ID, seeks cancellation as cyber cell launches probe
Bijnor: A suspected hacking of the birth and death registration ID of Tofapur gram panchayat in Joya block of Amroha district led to the issuance of 498 birth certificates in just two days, prompting the health department to block the ID and seek cancellation of the certificates. The certificates were allegedly generated on Oct 6 and 7 without any applications being submitted to the gram panchayat. Of the 498 certificates, 270 were issued in the names of people from different districts of Uttar Pradesh . The remaining certificates were issued across several other states, including 73 in Bihar, 56 in Jharkhand, 16 in Haryana, 15 each in West Bengal and Karnataka, 12 in Maharashtra, nine in Madhya Pradesh, eight in Assam, seven in Punjab, six in Himachal Pradesh, four in Delhi, three in Telangana, two each in Rajasthan and Uttarakhand, and one each in Sikkim, Chandigarh and Andhra Pradesh. Panchayat secretary Amarjeet Singh , who has been posted in Tofapur since 2025, said the registration ID had remained inactive for about a week. After he contacted the CMO office, it was reactivated on October 12, when the irregularities came to light.
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Singh said that he filed a complaint against unidentified persons for hacking the ID. Six certificates were also issued in locations not specified in the available records. Chief Medical Officer Dr Ramakant Sagar has blocked the registration ID and written to the director general of medical and health services, seeking cancellation of the allegedly fraudulent certificates. The fraudulent came to fore when panchayat secretary checked the site and found birth certificates issued illegally. He informed the health department about the same. The district magistrate has assigned the investigation to the chief development officer, while the cyber cell is also examining the case. Notably, In rural areas, the District Panchayat Raj Officer serves as the sub Registrar for birth certificates, while in urban areas, the Chief Medical Officer is responsible for the same. The chief medical officer has written to the Director General (DG), who is the Chief Registrar, seeking the cancellation of fake birth certificates. A list containing the names of all individuals who obtained these allegedly fake birth certificates has also been forwarded to the Chief Registrar for necessary action. Download the TOI App.