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 accident on January 25, 2025, in the Gaipura area of Mirzapur district. To support the claim, allegedly forged documents including an FIR copy, inquest report, post-mortem report, and purportedly certified judicial records were submitted to the insurer. Based on these documents, Life Insurance Corporation of India processed and released the claim amount of Rs.30 lakh on June 27, 2025, which was credited to a newly opened account at Bank of Baroda in Prayagraj. However, the fraud came to light when the accused later attempted to claim additional accidental benefits under the policy. A verification conducted by the regional office in Kanpur revealed multiple discrepancies....