{
  "id": 8274174,
  "title": "Bhopal Municipal Corporation Finds No Records Of 5 Birth Certificates",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/bhopal-municipal-corporation-finds-no-records-of-5-birth-certificates",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T16:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/bhopal-municipal-corporation-finds-no-records-of-5-birth-certificates"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, five individuals have been arrested for allegedly using counterfeit birth certificates to obtain passport verification through an address linked to Buddha Vihar in Anna Nagar, Govindpura. The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) discovered that none of the five certificates were registered, and the Govindpura police filed a case under relevant sections of the law. The investigation, which lasted nearly two years, also found that 40 passport applications were verified using the same address in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Four of the applicants had their passports verified on September 12, 2023. The District Special Branch later investigated the citizenship of the four applicants, leading to the recommendation of passport cancellation due to failed citizenship verification. However, the police were unable to obtain the previous and permanent addresses of the applicants from the Unique Identification Authority of India due to privacy and confidentiality provisions.",
  "summary": "Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Five birth certificates submitted by people who obtained passport verification using the address of a Buddha Vihar in Anna Nagar in Govindpura have been found to be fake. Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) found no records of the certificates during verification and filed an FIR, police said on Friday. After a nearly two-year investigation, Govindpura police have…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}