District Correspondent :
A DRIVE is currently underway
in the State, as per the Gove
rnment decision dated Septe
mber 16, 2025 regarding cancel
lation of invalid and delayed birth
and death records. During the
drive, a large number of suspi
cious records have been found
in the Birth and Death
Registration (CRS) system of
Shendursani Gram Panchayat in
Yavatmal’s Arni taluka. While the
matter is being investigated, it is
suspected to be a case of cyber
fraud.
During the inspection by
Extension Officer (Health) of
Arni, as many as 27,398 birth
records and 11 death records
were found on the CRS software
of Shendursani Gram Panchayat.
It is noteworthy that the popu
lation of the said Gram Panchayat
is about 1,500. The high number
of birth records is therefore
alarming.
The District Health Officer and
District Registrar (Birth-Death)
immediately informed Chief
Executive Officer of Yavatmal
Zilla Parishad.
Considering seriousness of the
matter, the CEO formed an
inquiry committee under the
chairmanship of Deputy Chief
Executive Officer (Panchayat)
and ordered it to visit
Shendursani Gram Panchayat
and conduct a thorough inves
tigation. After the investigation,
it was found that 27,397 birth records and 7 death
records were not in the Gram
Panchayat area but were suspi
cious and it was clear that it was
impossible to register such a large
number through the Gram
Panchayat.
The matter was sent to the
Deputy Director of Health
Services (AMAJIA), Pune for tech
nical investigation. After check
ing from the state level login, it
was found that the CRS ID of
Shendursani Gram Panchayat
was mapped to Mumbai.The
matter was sent to the Additional
Registrar General of India and
National Informatics Centre
(NIC), Delhi. As per the techni
cal inspection report received on
December 11, it has been clari
fied that the said records are
under possibility of cyber fraud.
In this case, the District Health
Officer, Yavatmal has registered
a case at the City Police Station,
Yavatmal.
Meanwhile, the District Health
Officer and District Registrar
(Births and Deaths), Yavatmal,
has appealed all registrars of
births and deaths in the district
not to share their CRS ID, password and OTP with anyone
and to immediately report any
suspicious matter to the district
level.