Is President Barack Obama's birth certificate a fake one? Yes, said the investigators in the United States. The team of investigators formed by Maricopa County Sheriff, Joe Arpaio suspected that the birth certificate of Barack Obama, which was released by the White House, in April 2011 was probably a faked document, which was apparently a computer-generated one.

The critics have, however, denied the allegations leveled by Joe Arpai. They termed the entire episode as an act to influence people and divert their attention from the civil rights law suit by federal authorties against him. Nonetheless, to prove the point, the chief investigator himself plunged into the action. Mike Zullo, who headed the team of investigators,has said that there were numeric codes on certain parts the birth certificate, which according to him indicated that the information entered in those parts was not the original but generated by the computer.

The supporters of Obama have, however, showed reluctance to speak on the issue. One has to wait for a few more days to know where this new controversy will take US president. Will people get influenced with these alleged discoveries and choose someone else in the next presidential election is a million dollar question.

(AW Phani)