Punjab: Man kills friend, fakes his own death to claim Rs 4 crore insurance payout

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• Jun 29, 2023 | Kabir Chakraborty

In order to assassinate Sukhjeet, a local of the Sainpur neighbourhood, Gurpreet befriended him. They claimed that after the victim vanished on June 19 his wife reported him missing to the police. color:black">

color:black">Digital Desk: In order to obtain insurance money and avoid further
losses, a businessman is accused of killing a guy in this city on Wednesday.

color:black">According to Senior Superintendent of Police Ravjot Kaur Grewal,
Gurpreet Singh of the Ramdas Nagar neighbourhood, his wife Khushdeep Kaur, and
four other people have been detained for the murder of Sukhjeet Singh.

color:black">According to authorities, the situation was discovered after
Sukhjeet's wife Jeevandeep Kaur reported him missing.

Gurpreet had experienced
losses in his business and, according to the police, conspired with his wife
and four other people, Sukhwinder Singh Sangha, Jaspal Singh, Dinesh Kumar, and
Rajesh Kumar, to pretend to be dead in order to collect a 4 crore rupee
insurance payout.

HOW HE FAKED HIS DEATH

In
order to assassinate Sukhjeet, a local of the Sainpur neighbourhood, Gurpreet
befriended him. They claimed that after the victim vanished on June 19 his wife
reported him missing to the police.

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color:black">According to them, when Sukhjeet's motorbike and slippers were
discovered next to a canal on Patiala Road, authorities initially believed he
had committed himself.

Gurpreet had been
purchasing Sukhjeet's wife alcohol for the previous four days, according to
Gurpreet's wife's police report. Gurpreet's relatives informed the police that
he had passed away in a car accident when they enquired about this, according
to the police.

PLAN TO CLAIM RS 4 CRORE

Because of this, Gurpreet's family was once more questioned.
Then, they claimed, it was discovered that Gurpreet was still alive and had
concocted a scheme with his wife and others to fake his death in order to
collect insurance proceeds totaling Rs 4 crore.

It was discovered during the
investigation that Gurpreet's family had reported him dead in a traffic
accident to the Rajpura police station on June 20.

Gurpreet tampered with Sukhjeet's drink
on June 19, rendering him comatose. The police claimed that after changing his
clothes, Gurpreet crushed him under a truck so that he could not be recognised.

They said that Gurpreet's wife
recognised Sukhjeet's dismembered body as her husband's.