Thane: 6 claimed Rs 80 lakh insurance with fake death certificates

Thane | Monday | 28th January, 2019

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John said: “Chandrakant confessed to the crime and spilled the beans on Mehrol and the doctors.”Shevale said, “The gang has claimed nearly Rs 80 lakh insurance money using fake death certificates in at least 10 cases. Chandrakant had also claimed Rs 12.9 lakh by submitting a ‘death certificate’ of his daughter-in-law Laxmi. Using the fake doctor’s death certificate, Mehrol would then get a death certificate from the civic health department and hand it over to Chandrakant, who would claim the money from the insurance company. They also managed to procure death certificates from the TMC of three people who live in Andhra Pradesh and sought Rs 50 lakh as payout, said the police. Explaining the modus operandi, the police said Mehrol would fill TMC forms required to get a death certificate..