Nalgonda district police have arrested a gang who forcibly insured sick people and then killed them and laundered insurance money. Till now, the gang has killed five people in the last three years. Along with them, a total of 17 accused in these murders for the last few years have been arrested and are being investigated by the police.
Initially, the gang collects the details of the sick people in the remote tribal areas and they will persuade their families to take insurance. They used to make an agreement with the family members that, only 20 percent of the claim will be given to the family and the rest will be theirs. After few months, the gang kills the sick ones and will portray it as an accident. They are bribing the bank employees for this.
The body of Devireddy Kotireddy, a resident of Kondrapol in the Damacharla zone, was found a week ago on the Narkatpally-Addanki road. His wife convinced his family members that he had died in a tractor accident. However, his parents, who saw injuries on Kotireddy’s body during the funeral, lodged a complaint with the police. The insurance scam came to light when they arrested and interrogated Kotireddy’s wife.