Meerut, Sept. 30 -- Two men were arrested on Monday for their alleged involvement in a Rs.39-crore insurance fraud connected to the suspicious death of the father of one of them, police here said.

Mukesh Singhal, the father of key accused Vishal Kumar (35), held 60 accident insurance policies with multiple companies, and their combined worth was Rs.39 crore, they said, adding that all polices were taken in the two years before his death at the age of 55 years in 2024.

Vishal has already received around Rs.1 crore in claims against his father's death from some insurance companies, officials said. Police also suspected Vishal of orchestrating the death of her mother and wife and staging them as accidents to secure insurance funds.

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