Patna, March 10 (IANS) Ashi, born only five days ago in Bihar, has become the youngest PAN card holder in the country, her father said on Thursday.

Born on February 21, Ashi was allotted the PAN card on February 26.

"My daughter has become the youngest PAN card holder (in the country)," her father Kumar Sajal told the media here.

He said the record was previously held by seven-day-old Aryan Choudhary of Jaipur in Rajasthan.

Kumar Sajal, a businessman in Munger, said he applied for a PAN card for his daughter the day she was born.