India, Jan. 6 -- The state Home Department has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe large-scale irregularities in the Civil Registration System (CRS) records relating to birth and death registrations at Shendursani Gram Panchayat in Arni taluka of Yavatmal district, after a preliminary inquiry revealed alarming anomalies in the official data.

According to preliminary findings, the village has a population of around 1,300, but nearly 27,000 birth and death certificates were generated through the CRS portal in its name. Officials said the figures are grossly disproportionate to the village's demographic profile and point to possible misuse, manipulation or fraud involving the digital registration system.

Based on the pr...