Ahead of the Bihar assembly elections scheduled later this year, Special Intensive Revision of voter roll (SIR) is being done by the Election Commission. Amid this, a bizarre incident has come to light from Bihar’s Samastipur where an application has been made for residence certificate with the name and photograph of US President Donald John Trump!

This comes barely a week after a residential certificate was issued in the name of a dog through Bihar’s official RTPS portal in Masaurhi, near Patna.

The incident has come to light from Mohiuddinnagar zone of Samastipur district where an application for residence certificate was made using the name and picture of US President Donald Trump. In the application form, the name of the applicant is written as Donald John Trump, while the address of the village has been mentioned as Hasanpur, Post Bakarpur police station Mohiuddinnagar.

On July 29, an application for residence certificate was submitted online in the name of Donald John Trump online through application form number BRCCO/2025/17989735. In that application, village Hasanpur, ward number 13, post Bakarpur, police station-Mohiuddinnagar, block Mohiuddinnagar, district-Samastipur is mentioned.

After the matter came to light, the revenue officer rejected the application after investigation on August 4.

Action will be taken under IT Act

During the investigation of the received application form, it was found that Donald Trump’s photo has been used by tampering with the applicant’s photo, Aadhaar number, bar code and address for the residence certificate. However, this application has been rejected. The Samastipur District Officer has ordered to register an FIR against unknown persons in Cyber Police Station Samastipur and investigate the matter.

According the district office authorities, such an attempt has been made deliberately by someone. The document attached with the application has also been tampered with, which is a violation of the IT Act. A complaint is being made to the local cyber police station. The police will take action against the culprits.

ADM Samastipur Brajesh Kumar said that an attempt was made to make a residence certificate in the name of Donald Trump. However, during investigation it was found that the application for residence certificate was made by tampering with the Aadhaar. After that it was rejected. Also, the cyber police station has been informed for action in this regard.

Residence certificate in the name of Dog Babu in Bihar’s Masaurhi

Recently, a residential certificate was issued in the name of a dog in Masaurhi, near Patna which made headlines. The certificate, generated through Bihar’s official RTPS portal, featured the name ‘Dog Babu’, a photograph of a Golden Retriever dog, and listed the address as Mohalla Kaulichak, Ward No 15, Nagar Parishad Masaurhi. Surprisingly, digital signature of Murari Chauhan, the revenue officer of Masaurhi zonal office, was also present on the certificate.

The name ‘Dog Babu’, father’s name ‘Kutta Babu’, and mother’s name ‘Kutiya Devi’ were written on the residence certificate issued from the RTPS portal of Masaurhi Zone Office.

When the certificate number (BRCCO2025/15933581) was verified by the authorities, it was found that it was linked to genuine documents of a woman from Delhi, in which her Aadhaar card and documents related to her husband were uploaded.

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