A surprising case has come to light from Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Here a man faked his death to claim an insurance payout of Rs 1 crore. Not only this, for this the person even killed a person who looked like him.
The police gave this information on Tuesday. The accused and his two friends have been arrested in connection with the case.
According to the police, Suresh Harikrishnan, a resident of Ayanavaram, had faked his death to claim Rs 1 crore in the life insurance policy.
Then he, along with two of his friends, started looking for a person of the same age who was physically similar to him as a potential body double.
According to the police, the three searched for a person named Dilibabu. Accused Suresh knew Dilibabu ten years ago. He was also a resident of Ayanavaram.
Suresh then befriended Dillibabu and his mother and visited them regularly. On September 13, the trio took Dillibabu to Puducherry to give him liquor.
According to the report, police said, they took Dilibabu to a vacant plot near Chengalpattu where he had already built a hut in a field.
It is said that on the night of 15 September, Suresh, under the influence of alcohol, strangled Dilibabu and set the hut on fire. After this he fled from the spot.
When Suresh absconded, his family assumed he had died in the fire and cremated him.
Meanwhile, Delhibabu’s mother Lilavati had filed a missing complaint of her son. When no action was taken, he moved the Madras High Court.
On 16 September, police received information that a burnt body was found inside a burnt hut. Upon investigation the person’s name was found to be Suresh. He was told that his body had been taken by his sister and the last rites had been performed.
However, Lilavati had informed the police that she had gone out with Suresh on the day her son went missing and that she had last spoken to her son in September.
Acting on this clue, the police went to Suresh’s village, where his relatives said that he was dead.
The police discovered that Suresh, who was assumed dead in September, was responsible for Dillibabu’s death. Police traced the cellphones of both and found that their phone signals were active near the burnt hut.
When they traced some of his friends they found that Suresh was alive. Upon interrogation, Suresh and Kirti Rajan confessed to the murder of Dilibabu. The police arrested the criminals and sent them to judicial custody on Monday.