India, June 14 -- After encountering a major scam related to fake inheritance, residence and income certificates, the state government has lodged criminal cases against two revenue officers. It has also ordered the team of officers that investigated the fraud to look out for more such cases in the department.

The scam was unearthed after the four-member revenue department team found that at least 221 inheritance, residence and income certificates were issued fraudulently through the government's digital platforms Aaple Sarkar and Setu centres through the alleged misuse of a junior female officer's digital signature. After this came to light, revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule ordered a police investigation.

An FIR has now been lo...