Man fakes dad's death for insurance

A Delhi resident was arrested here on Sunday for faking the death of his NRI father to claim Rs 50 lakh insurance money. To make the death look real, the son cremated a dog at the cremation ground in Pehowa in this district and also performed 'last rites'.

The accused, identified as Chetan Oberoi, a resident of Vikaspuri in Delhi, planned this disgraceful act at Pehowa in June last year, with the help of six other persons, police said. The matter came to light when investigating officer of an America-based insurance company Phool Singh approached Pehowa police for confirmation of details.

Subsequently, police investigated the matter and then the shocking incident came to the fore. A team of Pehowa police arrested Chetan from his apartment in the Capital on help of a priest, Ram Lal, at the Pehowa cremation ground. The last rites after the so-called death were performed by priests Hemant and Roshan Lal, who also helped perform the rituals of 'pind daan' of Janakraj. Pehowa-resident Satpal Singh signed as witness in this fake death episode, police said. Meanwhile, a case has been registered with Pehowa police station on January 23 against Chetan and six others for making a forged death certificate.

"We have already taken Chetan in police remand and the probe is on," said Yashwant Yadav, SHO of Pehowa police station. Sunday. His father Janakraj Oberoi is in the United States with his elder son Harsh Oberoi, police sources said. According to the statement given by Chetan, his father died of a heart attack at Saraswati Ghat in Pehowa on June 22, 2010, during a visit to Saraswati Ghat from Delhi, investigating police officers said.

To execute his plan successfully, Chetan took the help of a priest, Ram Lal, at the Pehowa cremation ground. The last rites after the so-called death were performed by priests Hemant and Roshan Lal, who also helped perform the rituals of 'pind daan' of Janakraj. Pehowa-resident Satpal Singh signed as witness in this fake death episode, police said. Meanwhile, a case has been registered with Pehowa police station on January 23 against Chetan and six others for making a forged death certificate. "We have already taken Chetan in police remand and the probe is on," said Yashwant Yadav, SHO of Pehowa police station.