LATUR, Dec. 15 -- A Latur resident was arrested for allegedly murdering a man and then burning his body inside a car in order to fake his own death to claim insurance of Rs 1 crore, a police official said on Monday.
The man came up with this plan as he had debts of Rs 57 lakh, Superintendent of Police Amol Tambe told reporters.
"On Saturday, police were alerted about a car burning on Vanavada Pati-Vanavada road in Ausa tehsil. A man was found burnt to death inside. An accidental death case was registered. A probe found the car belonged to one Baliram Gangadhar Rathod of Ausa Tanda and was being used by his brother-in-law Ganesh Gopinath Chavan," the official said.
"Chavan's wife told police he had left home at around 10 pm on December 13...