Seeing the response of women and recognizing the difficulties faced by women in filling out the application form, the state government extended the scheme till September 30. However, several fraudulent cases have also been reported where men are opening accounts in the name of women to avail the benefits.

In a shocking incident, 12 men from Kannad taluka in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar filled out forms for Ladki Bahin Yojana using photos of women.

While scrutinizing these applications, the matter came to the notice of the Women and Child Welfare Department. Although 12 people have used the photo of the women while submitting the application form, they have submitted their own documents. In this, the Aadhaar card, guarantee letter, and bank account information have also been filled by the applicants in their own name. Upon discovering this, the department issued an order to take stringent action against them.

Meanwhile, a few days ago, it came to light that a person in Satara district had filled as many as 30 applications by misusing the Aadhaar cards of 30 people. Shockingly, money was also deposited in 26 of these accounts. The application of a woman from Panvel was not accepted. Then it turned out that someone had already used her Aadhaar number. This scam was revealed after a thorough investigation.