IAS Officer’s Son Found with Multiple Birth Certificates, Raising Serious Integrity Questions
IAS Officer’s Son Found with Multiple Birth Certificates, Raising Serious Integrity Questions
In a bizarre case, the son of senior IAS officer Rajeev Ranjan, from the Jharkhand cadre, has been found to possess three different birth certificates, each with a different birth year. His son, Aditya Ranjan, was initially reported to have been born on October 13, 2013. However, two additional birth certificates were discovered, both showing the same date but with birth years listed as 2015 and 2017.
Interestingly, despite government advocacy for institutional deliveries, all three certificates state that the child was born at home, but at different addresses.
This case has raised serious questions about the integrity and image of Rajeev Ranjan, a 2010 batch IAS officer currently serving as the Special Secretary in the Planning and Development Department.
The case revealed:
The issue came to light when Rajeev Ranjan, a senior IAS officer, applied for a change in his son’s passport date of birth. Initially, Ranjan had obtained the passport using a birth certificate stating the date of birth as October 13, 2013. However, he later applied to change the date from October 13, 2013, to October 13, 2015, submitting a modified birth certificate issued by the municipal corporation.
The passport office then forwarded both birth certificates to the municipal corporation for verification. Surprisingly, the municipal corporation confirmed both certificates as genuine, causing embarrassment to Ranjan and raising questions about the integrity of the system.
Further investigation revealed that a third birth certificate for Aditya Ranjan also existed, duly verified by the municipal corporation. This third certificate, listing the birth date as October 13, 2017, was issued while Ranjan was serving as the Director of the Birth-Death Statistics Department.
The BJP spokesperson from Jharkhand has stated that the case is a clear example of the corruption prevalent in the state. “The common man has to go through countless hurdles to obtain a birth certificate, while powerful individuals can secure three at once,” he said.
