The incident came about in Mohiuddinnagar zone, the place an unidentified individual submitted a web based utility utilizing the US president’s picture and identify. It’s the newest in a sequence of faux residence certificates purposes surfacing throughout Bihar in latest weeks. Learn on for extra particulars.
United States President Donald Trump.
In a weird addition to the rising pattern of pretend residence certificates instances in Bihar, an utility has surfaced in Samastipur district in search of a certificates within the identify of US President Donald Trump. The incident came about in Mohiuddinnagar zone, the place an unidentified individual submitted a web based utility utilizing Trump’s picture and identify, falsely itemizing the tackle as Village Hasanpur, Ward No. 13, Put up Bakarpur, Police Station Mohiuddinnagar, Samastipur. The appliance, submitted on July 29, was recorded beneath Utility No. BRCCO/2025/17989735. Upon verification, officers discovered clear tampering within the type’s picture, Aadhaar quantity, barcode, and tackle particulars, prompting the Circle Officer (CO) to reject the appliance outright.
What motion are authorities taking?
Officers imagine the act was intentionally carried out to ridicule and defame the executive system. Mohiuddinnagar CO confirmed that it is a critical violation beneath the IT Act, and a grievance has been filed with the native cyber police station. “Strict authorized motion might be taken towards these accountable,” mentioned the CO, including that cybercrime investigators at the moment are monitoring the IP tackle and login credentials used within the prank.
Have comparable incidents occurred earlier than?
This incident is the newest in a sequence of faux residence certificates scams surfacing throughout Bihar in latest weeks. Officers have flagged earlier purposes beneath names like ‘Canine Babu’, ‘Nitish Kumari’, and even within the identify of Sonalika tractor, in Patna, East Champaran, Nalanda and different districts of Bihar, exposing obvious loopholes within the on-line utility verification system. The repeated misuse of the web portal has raised critical considerations over digital doc integrity and id fraud. Administrative officers at the moment are contemplating technical audits and stricter KYC verification mechanisms to stop additional embarrassment. Because the state heads into election season, such incidents not solely undermine the federal government’s digital governance claims but in addition spotlight the pressing want for cyber vigilance and stronger administrative filters.
(With inputs from information company IANS).
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