Forged birth certificates continue to remain a big menace in Assam, and, believe it or not, even government doctors who are supposed to be gazetted officers are also said to be involved in rackets.
The incidents of a doctor in a primary health centre (PHC) under the Thelamara Police Station in the Sonitpur district issuing hundreds of fake birth certificates are a grim reminder of such fakeries.
More than one-third of children between age 8 and 17 are using various social media platforms after signing up with fake dates of birth and these platforms are unable to stop this practice, the UK s media watchdog Ofcom said on Tuesday.