Report: 70% fake property IDs generated from 1 phone

Tribune News Service

Karnal, February 16

With the detection of 209 ‘illegal temporary IDs’ on the no-dues certificate portal of the Karnal Municipal Corporation (MC) between November 21, 2020 and January 31, 2021, the registration of properties of unauthorised colonies has come under the scanner of the district administration.

The economic wing of the Karnal police has also started investigation and sought the record of the Karnal Municipal Corporation to crack the case. “We have started the inquiry and the record of the MC is being collected. We will ensure speedy inquiry in this case,” said Superintendent of Police Ganga Ram Punia.

The unearthing of illegal property IDs has exposed flaws in the software of the NDC portal as around 70 per cent of the IDs were generated with the help of one mobile number (9999999990), which does not belong to any employee of the MC. The remaining illegal IDs were generated with the help of private numbers.

As per the report, this mobile number was entered in the system by someone, raising questions that the system is easily accessible to anyone.