Overview

• The July 29 application under BRCCO/2025/17989735 sought a residence certificate in the name of US President Donald Trump and included his photograph, his parents’ real names, a fabricated Aadhaar number and a Hasanpur village address.
• Mohiuddinnagar block officials identified barcode distortions, tampered photo IDs and falsified details during verification and rejected the form on August 4.
• The Samastipur Cyber Police Station has registered an FIR under Sections 318(4) and 336(4) of the BNS and Sections 66(c) and 66(d) of the Information Technology Act for forgery and identity theft.
• This latest hoax follows earlier fraudulent RTPS submissions in the names of animals, deities and vehicles, highlighting vulnerabilities in Bihar’s digital governance.
• Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala described the incident as evidence of irregularities in the electoral roll revision and called on citizens to safeguard democratic processes.