Archive · 29 Nov 2025
Traders Arrested for Attempting to Cremate Mannequin for Insurance Fraud
Two men in Delhi tried to trick people by burning a fake body, called a mannequin, at a cremation place.
They wanted to pretend the mannequin was a real person who had died so they could get Rs 50 lakh from an insurance company.
The plan was to use this money to pay off a big debt.
But a worker at the cremation place got suspicious and found out it was a mannequin.
The police caught the two men, and they admitted to the plan.
The real person whose name they used for the insurance didn't know anything about it.
The police are still looking for the other two men who ran away.
Two Delhi traders attempted to cremate a mannequin to claim Rs 50 lakh insurance.
The plot was discovered by a municipal employee who found the mannequin on the pyre.
Arrested individuals are Kamal Somani and Ashish Khurana, residents of Delhi's Uttam Nagar.
The insurance policy was taken out in the name of Anshul, the brother of Somani's employee.
The plan involved staging Anshul's death to claim the insurance payout.
- Who
- Two Delhi-based traders, Kamal Somani and Ashish Khurana
- What
- Attempted to cremate a mannequin to claim insurance fraudulently
- When
- Recently, specific date not mentioned
- Where
- Brijghat cremation ghat in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh
- Why
- To repay a debt of Rs 50 lakh by fraudulently claiming insurance
- Location
- Hapur, Uttar Pradesh
- Arrested Individuals
- Kamal Somani and Ashish Khurana
- Insurance Amount
- Rs 50 lakh
- Insurance Company
- Tata AIA
- Victim's Identity
- Anshul (employee's brother)
- Items Recovered
- Haryana-registered car and three mannequins