Four women among 10 booked

Ten persons, including four women, were booked on Tuesday, allegedly for claiming insurance money for dead and sick persons using fake documents.

Police said, the accused, including Randeep Kaur, Vijay Kumar, Palwinder Singh, Yashmeet Kaur, Savita Bumhota, Gursewak Singh, Manpreet Singh, Cherry Chopra, Satish Kumar and Sandeep Singh, are all city-based insurance agents.

Assistant commissioner of police (ACP investigation) Palwinder Singh said, “The accused, including four women, allegedly insured sick and dead people on life policies of ‘Aditya Birla Son Life Insurance Company’ and claimed money on the behalf of their family members, using fake documents and certificates.”

A complaint in this regard was filed at Ranjit Avenue police station by complainant Rajiv Sharma on on January 19.

“When the police investigated the case, it was found that the accused had done insurance of eight dead people ( amounting to more than ₹1 crore). The accused also insured some sick persons from hospitals and made their death certificates to claim money. However, money for all the policies has been claimed by them using a similar pattern.”

It is yet to be confirmed if the family members of those dead and sick are also involved in this fraud, said the ACP.

“A case has been registered against the 10 accused under Sections 418 (cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to person), 419 (punishment for cheating by personation), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 465 (punishment for forgery), 466 (forgery of record of court or of public register), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document) and 120-B (whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit an offence punishable with death) of IPC,” said the ACP, adding that efforts are being made to nab the absconding.

THE ACCUSED ALLEGEDLY INSURED SICK AND DEAD PEOPLE AND LATER CLAIMED THEIR INSURANCE AMOUNT WITH FAKE DOCUMENTS: POLICE