Guj man gets wife killed in road 'accident' to claim insurance

A chartered accountantfrom Gujarats Banaskantha district has been arrested forallegedly killing his wife and making it look like a roadaccident in order to claim Rs 60 lakh as insurance, policesaid on Saturday.Bhildi police station had, on December 26 last year,registered a accidental death case after a woman, identifiedas Dakshben Tank, died after being hit by a vehicle, anofficial said.After the womans kin raised some suspicions, westarted a deeper probe and found, through surveillance andcall data analysis, that she was murdered.

A chartered accountantfrom Gujarat's Banaskantha district has been arrested forallegedly killing his wife and making it look like a roadaccident in order to claim Rs 60 lakh as insurance, policesaid on Saturday.

Bhildi police station had, on December 26 last year,registered a accidental death case after a woman, identifiedas Dakshben Tank, died after being hit by a vehicle, anofficial said.

''After the woman's kin raised some suspicions, westarted a deeper probe and found, through surveillance andcall data analysis, that she was murdered. Her husband LalitTank had paid one Kirit Mali Rs 2 lakh to make the murder looklike an accident. Tank wanted to claim Rs 60 lakh as insurancefrom a policy taken just three months before,'' he said.

''On the morning of December 26, Lalit, while takinghis wife to a temple, shared his location with an accuseddriver. Lalit ensured he was maintaining a considerabledistance while walking. The vehicle hit Dakshaben at highspeed, killing her on the spot,'' he said.

The official said Lalit was arrested on Friday whilehunt for others was underway.