Updated On: 08 November, 2025 06:52 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Deonar Police registered the first information report (FIR) late on Friday evening following complaints by the former BJP Member of Parliament (MP) and a BMC Assistant Commissioner

The case was filed under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969. Representational pic
The Mumbai Police have registered a case against officials of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) M-East Ward for allegedly issuing nearly 200 fraudulent birth certificates to ineligible persons in the Govandi–Deonar area, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kirit Somaiya wrote in a tweet on X.
#bangladeshi Ineligible
Birth Certificate Scam
FIR No 894 registered at Deonar Police Station yesterday late night
After My & BMC Assistant Commissioner's complaints a case is registered under BNS Sections 318, 336, 340 Birth Registration Act Sections 33, 34 for ilegal… pic.twitter.com/RCOIYch4hy