The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation authorities suspect the involvement of middlemen in facilitating building numbers illegally for unauthorised buildings.
An elaborate fraud using the user IDs and passwords of various revenue officials to issue building numbers to illegal structures was unearthed in the Corporation on Monday, following a thorough check of building number allocations in three zonal offices for a period of two months.
Mayor Arya Rajendran said that orders had been issued to scrutinise the assessment of buildings in the area, as the Corporation suspected the role of middlemen and agents in securing building numbers illegally for their clients. She cautioned the public against falling into the trap of agents. The public could approach the Corporation directly or get in touch with their respective ward councillors for various needs.
