PRAYAGRAJ, May 13 -- A case of insurance fraud has come to light in which Rs.30 lakh was allegedly siphoned off from the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India through a fabricated road accident death claim.

According to police, the branch manager of the Civil Lines CAB (Career Agents Branch) branch of Life Insurance Corporation of India, Mrigendra Mani Singh, has lodged an FIR at Civil Lines Police Station against Rajiv Tripathi and Durgesh Nandini Tripathi, residents of Rajpur, Gyanpur in Bhadohi district.

The complaint states that Rajiv Tripathi had taken a life insurance policy worth Rs.30 lakh in December 2024 and paid the first premium. Within a month, the nominee, Durgesh Nandini Tripathi, claimed that he had died in a road ac...