BANIYANI, Dec 28: Police arrested three people, including two employees, for providing fake citizenship certificates by misusing softwares used for the service. 

Spokesperson of District Police Office Jhapa, DSP Rakesh Thapa, shared that the police team arrested Dhananjaya Kumar Saha, 37, office in-charge of the Area Administration Office Gaurigunj, Asir Alam, 24, office assistant and Krishna Prasad Timsina, 59, of Gauradaha-7 for their involvement in forgery. 

According to spokesperson Thapa, the arrestees were found distributing fake citizenship certificates to Amrit Rai, Deepika Rai and Bishal Rai of Gauradaha municipality-7. 

“There are no evidences and records related to the citizenship certificate-distributed in the Area Administration Office Gaurigunj”, he further informed.

Thapa said that the recipients of the citizenship were not found to be the residents of the area mentioned and the citizenship cards having the same numbers were distributed. 

Investigation into the incident is underway. Police arrested Saha, Alam and Timsina on Saturday and extended their custody for five days for further investigation.

 
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