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Will Margao cops investigate deeper?

Will the Margao police go to the bottom of the fake birth certificate racket and find out the number of fake certificates issued by the Margao Municipal Council over the years?

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This question has come to the fore as skeletons keep tumbling out from the Municipal birth registration office with each passing day, indicating that there s a deep-rooted racket involved in the registration of births at a huge premium.It is suspected that many people have obtained birth certificates upon payment of money to the tune of Rs 50,000 and more to those involved in the racket.The Shadow Council of Margao exposed the civic body when it revealed that the latter had registered birth of an infant who was never born, only showing the magnitude of the racket.
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Finally, an arrest in fake birth certificates case

More than a month after the Margao police registered a case in the fake birth registration racket on May 5, on Monday they arrested a Lower Division Clerk (LDC), Shekhar Gaonkar, from the Margao Municipal Council in connection with the case.

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Published Jun 14, 2016, 4:55 AM IST
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MARGAO The accused LDC was placed under arrest on Monday evening under various sections of the IPC, including cheating and forgery.Margao Police station in-charge PI C L Patil told the media that the police have arrested the LDC after it came to light that he entered the birth data of two persons, including Renuka Tehsildar when he was not connected with the birth registration office. PI Patil said the LDC had no right to enter the data in the birth registration office…

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