A village with a population of 1,500 in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal district recorded 27,398 "delayed birth registrations" in just three months, prompting the authorities to launch a probe amid suspicion of a large-scale cyber fraud, officials said on Friday (December 19, 2025).
The anomaly came to the fore during a vigilance drive by the health department, said a release by the district information officer.
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Following a recent order by the Maharashtra Government to cancel illegal and delayed birth-death registrations, the department launched a programme to scrutinise records between September and November, said officials.
However, the data captured in the birth-death registration system of Shendursani gram panchayat in Arni taluka stunned them.
