Overview

• Patna District Administration voided the BRCCO/2025/15933581 certificate issued on July 24 and lodged FIRs against the applicant, computer operator and Revenue Officer Murari Chauhan
• Circle Officer Prabhat Ranjan ordered the Masaurhi SDO to submit a 24-hour report and vowed to trace how the officer’s secure digital signature dongle was misused
• A new RTPS application in Nawada for a ‘Dogesh Babu’ residence certificate led the District Magistrate to register an FIR under fraud and IT Act sections, underscoring repeat system breaches
• The Masaurhi computer operator has been terminated and recommendations made to suspend the issuing officer as part of strengthened accountability measures
• Officials and activists are pressing for tighter RTPS safeguards and a balanced approach between Aadhaar reliance and alternate proofs during the Special Intensive Revision