5 held for birth certificate scam in East S'bhum
Jamshedpur: The East Singhbhum district administration arrested five persons involved in producing fake birth certificates. The racketeers produced 4,281 fake birth certificates between January 2023 and April 2025.A total of 4,567 birth certificates were issued from Matiyabandhi panchayat in Chakulia block of the district during the aforementioned period. Out of these, 4,281 certificates were found to be fake."The scam was discovered when BPL candidates ' birth certificates were being verified during their admission to schools under the RTE Act," DC Ananya Mittal said on Tuesday.The five arrested persons are Sunil Mahato (59), Sapan Mahato (45), Shivam De (31), Harish Parmanik (26), and Arif Alam (27).
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