India, June 24 -- The central government has asked Maharashtra's chief secretary Sujata Saunik to verify the authenticity of the Other Backward Classes - Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL) certificate of Solapur municipal commissioner Sachin Ombase, after social activist Vijay Kumbhar claimed that the 2015-batch IAS officer fraudulently acquired it to be eligible for more attempts to clear the civil services examination.

Kumbhar on Monday posted a photo of the letter sent by Anshuman Mishra, under secretary to the Indian government, to Saunik regarding the activist's complaint that Ombase had used a fake OBC-NCL certificate while giving the civil services exam in 2014. Ombase "illegally" obtained the certificate "by hiding facts, submitting fals...