KALYAN: Six other people, including two Mumbra medical doctors and a Thane civic-run crematorium employee, had been arrested through the Kalyan crime department unit of Thane police for allegedly preparing loss of life certificate of people that had been alive and claiming insurance coverage.
The police said the mastermind, Kalyan resident Chandrakant Shinde (65), in connivance with Tejpal Mehrol, a sweeper at Thane Municipal Corporation’s Mumbra crematorium, and Dr Abdul Siddiqui (38) and Dr Imran Siddiqui (41), who issued at least 10 bogus loss of life certificate, claimed reimbursement of Rs 80 lakh from two non-public insurance coverage companies. They also managed to procure loss of life certificate from the TMC of three people who are living in Andhra Pradesh and sought Rs 50 lakh as payout, said the police. The others arrested had been Chandrakant’s son Narayan and daughter-in-law Laxmi, who had been the beneficiaries.
The police said other beneficiaries had been Chandrakant’s family members who had been unaware about the insurance coverage money claimed on their names as most of them are illiterate. Investigators are also probing the role of the insurance coverage corporate officials and TMC staff.
The police said Chandrakant, who used to promote cutlery pieces in an area trains, began the rip-off in 2015 and roped in Mehrol. Explaining the modus operandi, the police said Mehrol would fill TMC bureaucracy required to get a loss of life certificate. He would give Dr Abdul and Dr Imran Rs 2,000-Rs 10,000 to provide a faux doctor’s certificate appearing the reason for loss of life as ‘natural’. Using the fake doctor’s loss of life certificate, Mehrol would then get a loss of life certificate from the civic well being division and hand it over to Chandrakant, who would declare the money from the insurance coverage corporate. Chandrakant had also claimed Rs 12.9 lakh through filing a ‘loss of life certificate’ of his daughter-in-law Laxmi. Narayan was once the nominee in her policy, said the police.
The racket came to light when Thane resident Venkat Shinde, who's Chandrakant’s nephew, checked his existence insurance coverage record and located his loss of life certificate instead. He right away called up the insurance coverage firm and was once shocked to be told that Rs four.eight lakh payout had already been given. He then approached the Kalyan crime department unit. Senior inspector Sanju John shaped a workforce beneath assistant police inspector Santosh Shevale, who puzzled Chandrakant as he had purchased the policy for Venkat. John said: “Chandrakant confessed to the crime and spilled the beans on Mehrol and the medical doctors.”
Shevale said, “The gang has claimed nearly Rs 80 lakh insurance coverage money the usage of fake loss of life certificate in at least 10 cases. We are probing the role of others, including the beneficiaries and staff from the insurance coverage corporations’ claims division.” Investigators also probing why TMC well being division staffers issued loss of life certificate to Mehrol.
The police said the mastermind, Kalyan resident Chandrakant Shinde (65), in connivance with Tejpal Mehrol, a sweeper at Thane Municipal Corporation’s Mumbra crematorium, and Dr Abdul Siddiqui (38) and Dr Imran Siddiqui (41), who issued at least 10 bogus loss of life certificate, claimed reimbursement of Rs 80 lakh from two non-public insurance coverage companies. They also managed to procure loss of life certificate from the TMC of three people who are living in Andhra Pradesh and sought Rs 50 lakh as payout, said the police. The others arrested had been Chandrakant’s son Narayan and daughter-in-law Laxmi, who had been the beneficiaries.
The police said other beneficiaries had been Chandrakant’s family members who had been unaware about the insurance coverage money claimed on their names as most of them are illiterate. Investigators are also probing the role of the insurance coverage corporate officials and TMC staff.
The police said Chandrakant, who used to promote cutlery pieces in an area trains, began the rip-off in 2015 and roped in Mehrol. Explaining the modus operandi, the police said Mehrol would fill TMC bureaucracy required to get a loss of life certificate. He would give Dr Abdul and Dr Imran Rs 2,000-Rs 10,000 to provide a faux doctor’s certificate appearing the reason for loss of life as ‘natural’. Using the fake doctor’s loss of life certificate, Mehrol would then get a loss of life certificate from the civic well being division and hand it over to Chandrakant, who would declare the money from the insurance coverage corporate. Chandrakant had also claimed Rs 12.9 lakh through filing a ‘loss of life certificate’ of his daughter-in-law Laxmi. Narayan was once the nominee in her policy, said the police.
The racket came to light when Thane resident Venkat Shinde, who's Chandrakant’s nephew, checked his existence insurance coverage record and located his loss of life certificate instead. He right away called up the insurance coverage firm and was once shocked to be told that Rs four.eight lakh payout had already been given. He then approached the Kalyan crime department unit. Senior inspector Sanju John shaped a workforce beneath assistant police inspector Santosh Shevale, who puzzled Chandrakant as he had purchased the policy for Venkat. John said: “Chandrakant confessed to the crime and spilled the beans on Mehrol and the medical doctors.”
Shevale said, “The gang has claimed nearly Rs 80 lakh insurance coverage money the usage of fake loss of life certificate in at least 10 cases. We are probing the role of others, including the beneficiaries and staff from the insurance coverage corporations’ claims division.” Investigators also probing why TMC well being division staffers issued loss of life certificate to Mehrol.
6 claimed Rs 80L with fake death certificates
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