Overview

• Police first treated the mangled July 14 discovery on the Saniya–Khambhasla road as a fatal collision.
• Meena Devi deepened suspicion when she calmly inquired about claiming her husband’s insurance after identifying his belongings on the crushed body.
• Police have arrested ringleader Shiv Kumar (alias Maharaj Ramnarayan Mishra), his wife Meena Devi, friend Devi Prasad Pal and associate Monu Chandrabali Gautam.
• Officials say the scheme was driven by heavy truck-loan debt and patterned on a plot from the drama 'Sasural Simar Ka'.
• Shiv Kumar has confessed to the plot and police are reviewing insurance and financial records to finalize fraud and murder charges.