Overview

• Officials have rejected fraudulent residence certificate bids submitted under the names of Lord Ram, Goddess Sita, a crow and President Donald Trump, and registered FIRs against unidentified applicants
• The Mohiuddinnagar circle officer in Samastipur blocked the Trump application after finding tampered Aadhaar, barcode and address details and lodged a case at the local cyber police station
• In Khagaria district, similar deity and animal applications were turned down and a computer operator was sacked while suspension was recommended for a revenue official linked to earlier lapses
• Administrations across multiple districts have requested NIC assistance for IP tracing and are preparing technical audits and stricter KYC protocols to shore up digital verification
• Opposition figures including Mahua Moitra and Randeep Singh Surjewala have seized on the incidents to denounce the Special Intensive Revision as a flawed exercise risking voter disenfranchisement