BAREILLY: An anti-corruption court in Bareilly has ordered the

police to lodge an FIR against a village development officer and a village head officer posted at Khutar block of the district as they allegedly issued birth certificates to two minor kids after increasing their age by 100 years.

The family of the two children alleges that the officers were asking for Rs 500 bribe for each certificate and they issued wrong certificates when they refused to pay.

Police say that the FIRs are yet to be lodged as the accused have taken stay against their arrest from Allahabad high court. The HC will take up the case on February 3.

Pawan Kumar, a resident of Bela village under Khutar police station in Shahjahanpur said that he had applied for the birth certificates of his nephews, Shubh, 4, and Sanket, 2, two months ago. “However, village development officer Sushil Chand Agnihotri and village head officer Pravin Misra were dilly-dallying and demanding Rs 500 for each certificate,” he said.

Pawan alleged that after he refused to give bribe, the officials deliberately issued wrong birth certificates in which Shubh’s age was mentioned as 104 years and Sanket’s 102 years.

Pawan moved the anti-corruption with his complaint against the two officers.