Meerut, May 3 -- A Badaun man with a physical disability was allegedly murdered in Sambhal's Chandausi last year by people who wanted to claim his insurance money, police said.

The murder case was worked out when the police were investigating an interstate insurance scam that was unearthed in Sambhal in January this year and, in connection with which, 34 people had been jailed so far, they added.

Four people were arrested in connection with the murder of Dariya, which was portrayed as to have been caused by an accident, on July 31, 2024, Sambhal superintendent of police Krishan Kumar Bishnoi said. One of the accused works as an insurance policy agent at a private bank.

The murder case was investigated by Chandausi police for months. Th...