Overview

• Police allege Vishal Kumar and associate Satish Kumar staged the deaths of his parents and wife to claim life insurance and arrested them on Modinagar Road in Hapur.
• Investigators say the father’s coverage totaled about Rs 39 crore across multiple policies, with the purported scheme approaching Rs 50 crore overall.
• Document and forensic reviews identified conflicts between accident timings, hospital admissions, post-mortem findings, and identity and vehicle records.
• Authorities cite prior payouts of around Rs 80 lakh after the mother’s 2017 death and roughly Rs 30 lakh after the wife’s death, with insurers having already paid nearly Rs 1 crore.
• Officials report the accused were uncooperative and attempted bribery, and both are now in jail as the investigation continues into possible network links.