‘Man fakes’ wife’s death, cheats ICICI of Rs 1 cr

By Express News Service  |   Published: 26th November 2017 08:31 AM  |  

HYDERABAD: A man in Hyderabad faked his wife’s death and cheated ICICI Prudential company to the tune of `1 crore by producing fake death certificates. Banjara Hills police on Saturday arrested the man’s wife, who is also allegedly involved in the case.According to Banjara Hills police, one Syed Shakeel Alam had taken a life insurance on his wife Nazia Shakeel’s name in June 2012 for an amount of `1 crore. In May this year, Shakeel produced certificates in support of his wife’s death and claimed `1 crore in June 2017.

He mentioned that his wife died of chest pain.

After some days, when the documents were being verified, in one of the pages of the attached documents, the name of the deceased was written by striking off another name. On inquiry with the hospital, it was learnt that Shakeel had asked the nurse at the emergency medical department to change the name. The doctor also gave a declaration that he has not seen the dead body and issued certificate based on the documents he produced like death certificate issued by GHMC and the burial ground, said police.

When the officials checked the burial ground, they found the name on the tomb as Mrs Maleka Begum which proved that Shakeel faked his wife’s death to claim money.

Based on the complaint lodged by area manager of the company on September 28, a case was registered against Shakeel and his wife under sections 406, 466, 471 and 420 of IPC.After investigation, Nazia was traced to her relative’s house in Mehdipatnam and was arrested by Banjara Hills police on Saturday. The police are still searching for prime accused Shakeel.