Jhajjar Parivar Pehchan Patra Scam: Single Document Used to Forge 3,485 Family Records

The Parivar Pehchan Patra tampering case in Jhajjar has taken a more serious turn with investigators discovering that corrupt officials used just one PDF document to illegally modify family identification data in over 3,400 cases.  

Fresh evidence presented by Arun Mahendru, a security expert from the Haryana Parivar Pehchan Authority, shows how deep this fraud runs. The investigation revealed that 13 documents were used more than 100 times which clearly represents it was an organised operation. 

The scam first broke in November 2023 when police caught three employees from the Citizen Resources Information Department red-handed while they were changing PPP details through the government portal without permission. Since then, the case has grown bigger with seven people now arrested and more investigations happening. What makes this case particularly troubling is how the accused managed to fool the system. In 239 cases, they used bank passbook scans that belonged to completely different people.In the rest of 129 documents blurry and poor quality documents were used voluntarily to avoid proper checking and getting caught. 

People going through family disputes like divorces need to upgrade their family IDs and the officials took advantage of these situations as they removed family members from PPP records.  

The system normally sends a one-time password to the family member's phone to confirm any changes. But the accused officials found a way around this safety measure by having these OTPs sent to their own phones instead. This let them make unauthorized changes without anyone knowing.  

"These officials completely ignored the verification process because they were getting paid bribes to approve fake changes," explained an investigating officer who didn't want to be named.

Inspector Somvir from Jhajjar's Cyber Police Station confirmed that seven arrests have been made and the investigation continues to uncover more details about this widespread fraud.