52 Bangladeshis charged with fake birth certificates in Maharashtra
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New Delhi: Senior BJP leader and former MP Kirit Somaiya on Thursday said there was a major Bangladeshi birth certificate scam going on in Maharashtra. He claimed that 52 infiltrators from the neighbouring country had fraudulently obtained birth certificates.
Somaiya said six FIRs have been filed against these 52 in the state.
Bangladeshi nationals living in Akola district, Maharashtra, obtained birth certificates using fake documents.
The FIRs have been filed in Akot, Telhara, Barshitakali, Ramdaspeth (Akola city), Murtijapur, and Patur police stations under sections 3(5), 229, 236, 237, 318(4), 336(3), and 340(2) of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS).
The BJP leader said, "It was a case of the Bangladeshi birth certificate scam. Six FIRs have been filed against 52 infiltrators from Bangladesh."
He gave a list of 52 Bangladeshi infiltrators, including 12 women, who have obtained birth certificates fraudulently in Akola district, Maharashtra.
Somaiya exposed a massive illegal birth certificate racket earlier this month, revealing that thousands of Bangladeshis and Rohingyas had obtained Indian citizenship fraudulently.
The scam, he claimed, originated in Amravati with 4,500 fake registrations. He said that it is a statewide crisis, with over 1.3 lakh fraudulent birth certificates issued.
Somaiya demands cancellation of fraudulent certificates, arrest of corrupt officials, and overhaul of the birth registration system, submitting 478 pages of evidence to police.
The BJP leader stated, “We are witnessing the most dangerous infiltration scam in Maharashtra’s history."
Minister of State for Home Yogesh Kadam recently informed the Maharashtra Assembly that the government has taken a significant step to address the issue of illegal immigration. Developers and contractors in Mumbai are now required to provide an undertaking that they do not employ Bangladeshis in their projects.
The Maharashtra government formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) in January to investigate the issuance of birth and death certificates on "delayed" applications. This move came amid allegations that illegal immigrants from Bangladesh were obtaining these documents in parts of the state.
(inputs from IANS)