The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has detained a Patiala well being division worker over allegedly issuing a pretend start certificates to a member needed in terrorist-gangster nexus.

Confirming the event, Patiala civil surgeon Dr Raminder Kaur on Friday mentioned that the in-charge of the start and demise certificates department was detained by NIA on March 14.

The civil surgeon mentioned that the division has already knowledgeable the senior officers within the Punjab police and the state well being division.

On March 12, NIA had raided 30 places in 4 states in reference to the terrorist-gangster nexus case regarding particular person designated terrorist Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dalla and different suspects of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF).

Raids have been performed throughout Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chandigarh by NIA groups as a part of the company’s crackdown in opposition to the phobia actions of chiefs/members of the proscribed terrorist organisations and different such outfits.

The premises raided have been linked to numerous suspected associates of Dalla, in addition to Baljeet Maur and Australia-based Gurjant Singh, in an NIA case dated February 13, 2024.

As per sources, the alleged certificates was issued between 2016 and 2017 by the mentioned in-charge of the start and demise certificates division of Patiala well being division to a person who was related to a terrorist organisation.

The particular person later used this pretend start certificates to obtain extra paperwork, together with the passport, which was used to flee the nation.

“Before 2019, the birth certificates in Punjab were issued through offline mode, therefore, there is a high chance of issuing fake certificates. As of now, the health department doesn’t issue birth certificates. It only issues it when the certificate is lost,” mentioned a senior well being official.

As per the sources, the official was detained from the workplace itself. “The accused was detained in an already registered case by NIA. The family members of the accused have already been informed,” a Punjab police official mentioned on the situation of anonymity.