Hyderabad, May 23 -- The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has uncovered a case of mass irregularities in the granting of death and birth certificates in its limits, including phoney registrations connected with a private hospital in Tolichowki and misusing orphanage records. As per GHMC officials, an internal probe established that 74 home births were reported during recent months.

However, on a directive from the then GHMC commissioner, a random cross-check was conducted by the chief medical officer of health. The probe established that 38 of the births were registered at Shishu Vihar, an orphanage for children, which raised suspicion of tampering.

A suo motu inquiry was initiated, which found that at least four of the cl...