Hyderabad woman declares herself 'dead' to claim insurance money; held

Hyderabad: A 35-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly declaring herself "dead" in a bid to fraudulently claim Rs 1 crore from a private insurance company at the behest of her husband, the police said today.

Their plan was foiled by alert officials of the firm who found that the claimant was alive.

The woman's husband Syed Shakeel Alam, a real estate agent who allegedly submitted "fake" documents declaring that his policy-holder wife had died, is on the run.

A police official said Alam sought Rs one crore insurance from the firm in June, saying his wife had died, a Banjara Hills police station official said.

Alam had taken the insurance policy coverage of Rs 1 crore in his wife's name in 2012 and used to pay Rs 11,800 towards the annual premium.