India, Sept. 30 -- A man from Meerut and his friend have been arrested after an insurance agent sensed something amiss when he claimed a policy after the death of his father recently. What has since unraveled has gone much beyond one death and one policy, and reeks of murder, police say.

Vishal Kumar, 35, was the nominee in 60 accident insurance policies with multiple companies in the name of his father Mukesh Singhal, who died last year reportedly in an accident at the age of 55.

The combined worth of these policies is Rs.39 crore, and all these were taken in the two years before the father's death.

By the time he was arrested on Monday, September 29, Vishal had received around Rs.1 crore in claims from some insurance companies, offic...