PRAYAGRAJ, May 24 -- Police, on Friday, busted a gang that purchased insurance policies on fake documents and later claimed the insurance amount.

A joint team of Civil Lines Police, SOG and Surveillance Cell arrested four members of the gang on a tip off. They all belong to the same family.

A day earlier, Rahul Banerjee, chief manager of a private insurance company in Civil Lines, had lodged an FIR against seven accused of the gang at Civil Lines police station.

According to police, Banerjee had complained about a gang which was active in Karchhana tehsil of the district. As per his complaint, two life insurance policies were taken in the year 2023 and 2024 in the name of Khushboo Vishwakarma, wife of Ajay Kumar Vishwakarma, resident K...