KALYAN: Six folks, including two Mumbra doctors and a Thane civic-run crematorium worker, have been arrested by means of the Kalyan crime department unit of Thane police for allegedly preparing demise certificates of people that have been alive and claiming insurance.
The police mentioned 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 no less than 10 bogus demise certificates, claimed reimbursement of Rs 80 lakh from two private insurance firms. They also controlled to obtain demise certificates from the TMC of 3 people who reside in Andhra Pradesh and sought Rs 50 lakh as payout, mentioned the police. The others arrested have been Chandrakant’s son Narayan and daughter-in-law Laxmi, who have been the beneficiaries.
The police mentioned different beneficiaries have been Chandrakant’s relatives who have been unaware in regards to the insurance money claimed on their names as most of them are illiterate. Investigators also are probing the role of the insurance corporate officials and TMC staff.
The police mentioned Chandrakant, who used to sell cutlery pieces in a neighborhood trains, began the scam in 2015 and roped in Mehrol. Explaining the modus operandi, the police mentioned Mehrol would fill TMC forms required to get a demise certificates. He would give Dr Abdul and Dr Imran Rs 2,000-Rs 10,000 to give a pretend doctor’s certificates appearing the reason for demise as ‘herbal’. Using the pretend doctor’s demise certificates, Mehrol would then get a demise certificates from the civic well being division and hand it over to Chandrakant, who would declare the money from the insurance corporate. Chandrakant had also claimed Rs 12.nine lakh by means of filing a ‘demise certificates’ of his daughter-in-law Laxmi. Narayan was once the nominee in her policy, mentioned the police.
The racket got here to mild when Thane resident Venkat Shinde, who is Chandrakant’s nephew, checked his lifestyles insurance policy file and found his demise certificates as a substitute. He in an instant called up the insurance company and was once stunned to be informed that Rs 4.eight lakh payout had already been given. He then approached the Kalyan crime department unit. Senior inspector Sanju John shaped a workforce underneath assistant police inspector Santosh Shevale, who puzzled Chandrakant as he had purchased the policy for Venkat. John mentioned: “Chandrakant confessed to the crime and spilled the beans on Mehrol and the doctors.”
Shevale mentioned, “The gang has claimed nearly Rs 80 lakh insurance money using pretend demise certificates in no less than 10 circumstances. We are probing the role of others, including the beneficiaries and personnel from the insurance corporations’ claims division.” Investigators also probing why TMC well being division staffers issued demise certificates to Mehrol.
The police mentioned 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 no less than 10 bogus demise certificates, claimed reimbursement of Rs 80 lakh from two private insurance firms. They also controlled to obtain demise certificates from the TMC of 3 people who reside in Andhra Pradesh and sought Rs 50 lakh as payout, mentioned the police. The others arrested have been Chandrakant’s son Narayan and daughter-in-law Laxmi, who have been the beneficiaries.
The police mentioned different beneficiaries have been Chandrakant’s relatives who have been unaware in regards to the insurance money claimed on their names as most of them are illiterate. Investigators also are probing the role of the insurance corporate officials and TMC staff.
The police mentioned Chandrakant, who used to sell cutlery pieces in a neighborhood trains, began the scam in 2015 and roped in Mehrol. Explaining the modus operandi, the police mentioned Mehrol would fill TMC forms required to get a demise certificates. He would give Dr Abdul and Dr Imran Rs 2,000-Rs 10,000 to give a pretend doctor’s certificates appearing the reason for demise as ‘herbal’. Using the pretend doctor’s demise certificates, Mehrol would then get a demise certificates from the civic well being division and hand it over to Chandrakant, who would declare the money from the insurance corporate. Chandrakant had also claimed Rs 12.nine lakh by means of filing a ‘demise certificates’ of his daughter-in-law Laxmi. Narayan was once the nominee in her policy, mentioned the police.
The racket got here to mild when Thane resident Venkat Shinde, who is Chandrakant’s nephew, checked his lifestyles insurance policy file and found his demise certificates as a substitute. He in an instant called up the insurance company and was once stunned to be informed that Rs 4.eight lakh payout had already been given. He then approached the Kalyan crime department unit. Senior inspector Sanju John shaped a workforce underneath assistant police inspector Santosh Shevale, who puzzled Chandrakant as he had purchased the policy for Venkat. John mentioned: “Chandrakant confessed to the crime and spilled the beans on Mehrol and the doctors.”
Shevale mentioned, “The gang has claimed nearly Rs 80 lakh insurance money using pretend demise certificates in no less than 10 circumstances. We are probing the role of others, including the beneficiaries and personnel from the insurance corporations’ claims division.” Investigators also probing why TMC well being division staffers issued demise certificates to Mehrol.
Thane: 6 claimed Rs 80 lakh insurance with fake death certificates
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January 28, 2019
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