New Delhi, March 11 -- A former Indian Army official and his wife cheated the Army Group Insurance Fund (AGIF) by staging the official's death and claiming insurance money, said Delhi Police officials on Wednesday. A case was registered against the couple and another person after a retired lieutenant colonel from AGIF filed a complaint against them at the Vasant Vihar police station. According to the FIR lodged last Friday, the retired colonel alleged that a former Indian Army sepoy faked his death on paper and cheated the organisation for years. The former official, identified as Akhilesh Kumar, served as a sepoy in the Bihar Regiment from 1998 to 2010. Police said that since Kumar served only 12 years, he was not eligible for service pension. In November 2011, his wife Gyanti Devi approached the group insurance fund headquarters in Vasant Vihar. "He had nominated Gyanti Devi as a nominee and Deepak Kumar, son, as a contingent nominee to receive extended insurance benefits, amounting to Rs.3,00,000," the FIR read. Police said that Gyanti submitted original extended insurance (EI) certificate and other documents that appeared original, stating that her husband died on September 17, 2011 due to electrocution. After submitting more documents, police said the organisation released extended insurance benefits of Rs.3 lakh to Gyanti in June 2013 and also paid Rs.21,000 interest for the late payment. The complainant said they had informed Jehanabad police in Bihar about the case. "The organisation later found that Kumar was alive and living in Bihar. A police official cross-checked the documents with local staff and found Kumar was still alive. The Jehanabad SP conducted a probe," said a senior police officer....