Overview
- During a state verification drive of delayed registrations for September to November 2025, officials found 27,397 birth entries and a handful of death entries tied to Shendursani in Yavatmal.
- An inquiry by the Yavatmal Zilla Parishad concluded the 27,397 birth and seven death records lay outside the gram panchayat’s jurisdiction.
- A state-level technical check showed the village’s CRS ID mapped to Mumbai, and a December 11 report from the Additional Registrar General and NIC flagged probable cyber fraud.
- Yavatmal city police registered an FIR under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act, and a probe is underway.
- BJP leader Kirit Somaiya visited the village, claimed most names on the entries were from West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, and urged cancellation of the records and an SIT inquiry, while district officials warned registrars to safeguard CRS credentials and report anomalies.