Overview

• Six suspects are arrested in Vijayanagara after the death of 34-year-old Gangadhar was found to be a staged accident for an insurance claim.
• Investigators say the group took out a Rs 5.20 crore policy in the victim’s name and listed a woman posing as his wife, identified as Ningamma, as nominee.
• Police reconstructed that the body was placed on a rented two-wheeler and then struck with a car to mimic a hit-and-run on Sandur Road.
• The probe began after the real wife, Sharadamma, questioned the accident narrative, noting he did not own a two-wheeler and had partial paralysis from a prior stroke.
• Officers seized the car and moped, notified the insurer, and are examining links to similar schemes that target vulnerable people and typically involve policies of Rs 40–50 lakh.