KOLKATA: Need a birth certificate for your child immediately? Don't rush with the formalities, lest you be handed a fake certificate. Acting on a tip off, a team of officials from the civic body's health department recently cracked down on touts operating at various Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) offices in the city. The team led by special officer Debasis Sen raided the Borough IV office at Girish Park and seized documents and papers which were used for issuing fake birth certificates. A KMC health department official said fake copies of orders issued in the name of a city metropolitan magistrate were found among the seized documents. The touts had even forged the signature of the...
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