A Telangana authorities official, who allegedly faked his personal demise to say extra than ₹ 7 crore coverage money, turned into arrested in conjunction with 4 others consisting of his spouse and family in Medak district, police stated on Wednesday.
The top accused, operating as an Assistant Section Officer (ASO) in Telangana State Secretariat, who lost ₹ eighty five lakh in inventory marketplace hatched a plan alongside together along with his spouse and family and allegedly killed a person and faked his demise to say coverage quantity to get over the losses and to settle his debts, they stated.
As a part of the plan, the officer and others deliberate to kill someone reminiscent of him for claiming coverage quantity and as a consequence he bought 25 coverage rules worth ₹ 7.four crore in his call over the last one year, police stated.
Police had in advance booked a case of suspicious demise and took up investigations from all angles after charred frame of a person turned into observed in a totally burnt vehicle in a gorge at the outskirts of Venkatapur village of the district.
The authorities worker, turned into to start with believed to be the lifeless person, primarily based totally at the ID card observed in a bag, and he turned into recognized as a 44-year-antique man, operating as an Assistant Section Officer in Telangana State Secretariat at Hyderabad.
During the path of investigation, police however, observed that the worker is alive and that he “faked” his demise to say coverage money. He turned into taken into custody on Tuesday and officially arrested in conjunction with 4 others consisting of his spouse and family, police stated.
As a part of the plan, on January 8, the ASO in conjunction with any other accused requested a person close to Nizamabad railway station, who resembled him (ASO) to accompany them on a few pretext. The duo made the person shave his head, put on the officer’s get dressed and he turned into then taken to Venkatapur village, police stated.
The ASO then poured petrol outside and inside the automobile and requested the person to take a seat down withinside the the front row of the automobile. When he refused, the duo attacked him with an awl and sticks and allegedly killed him, placed his frame withinside the vehicle and later set the car on fire, police added.