India, May 30 -- BJP leader Kirit Somaiya on Friday alleged that more than 10,000 bogus birth certificates may have been issued by civic bodies in Thane district, including the Thane, Kalyan-Dombivli and Ulhasnagar municipal corporations.

Somaiya visited the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) and Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) offices in connection with the alleged fake birth certificate racket. He met officials and urged the civic bodies to conduct a detailed probe and initiate action.

Addressing the media at the UMC headquarters, Somaiya said the issue surfaced after an alleged fake birth certificate scam involving nearly one lakh certificates came to light in Mumbai over the past year.

"Following the scam, chief mi...