Man who killed beggar to fake his death for Rs 60L held after 17 yrs

AGRA: In a breakthrough in a 17-year-old

insurance fraud

case involving a

beggar’s death

, 62-year-old Ramveer Singh, who was in hiding, was arrested in GB Nagar, police said Friday, reported.
On July 30, 2006, a car crashed near Agra Fort, catching fire and burning the driver alive. The vehicle was registered to Vijaypal Singh’s son, Anil Singh. Vijaypal’s “family friend” Ramveer Singh also identified the body as Anil’s.

However, after investigation, police said the case involved

embezzlement

of insurance money, and the accused had, in fact, dressed a beggar in his own clothes and burned him alive in the car.
It was the

Ahmedabad crime branch

that uncovered the case by arresting the main accused Anil who was earlier thought to be “dead”. Anil had an insurance policy of Rs 60 lakh and after obtaining his own “death certificate”, the policy amount was claimed.