Overview

• Dariyab Jatav, a differently-abled man, was murdered in July 2024 to fraudulently claim ₹50.68 lakh in life insurance payouts.
• The case, initially closed as a hit-and-run accident, was reopened in January 2025 after an insurance firm flagged irregularities in a claim.
• Four suspects—brothers Hariom and Vinod, ex-convict Pratap, and insurance agent Pankaj Raghav—have been arrested for orchestrating the murder.
• Police recovered ₹15.68 lakh in payouts, forged documents, and tools used in the crime, with further payouts frozen during the investigation.
• The murder is tied to a multi-state insurance scam spanning 12 states, with 34 arrests made so far in connection to the racket.