Shahjehanabad police have booked a man who tried to dupe the gas tragedy relief compensation of Rs25,000 by claiming his wife dead; case was registered on orders issued by Bhopal Gas claim court after it found the fraud.
According to the police the accused Mohammad Saeed of Jehangirabad was booked under Section 420, 467 and 468 of the IPC for producing fake documents at Bhopal Gas Claim Court claiming death of his wife.
Investigating Officer SI Ghyanshyam Dangi said that the accused started living alone around 12 years ago and claimed that his wife died in the year 2003 and produced claims last year in the month of December for providing gas tragedy relief compensation.
The details of the accused are yet to be obtained as the case is only registered on Friday and it has to be investigated that the accused is involved in criminal activities, he added.
Police said that in the month of December last year accused claimed to death of his wife Mehrunnisa and produced a fake death certificate and proved the deceased died and appealed for providing gas tragedy relief compensation but at the Bhopal Gas Claim Court when the documents were verified the information was not found true and it was found that the accused has produced fake documents and the deceased was not with his wife for past 10-12 years.
Court issued orders to register a case against the accused at Shahjehanabad police. On Friday a case of fraud was registered by Shahjehanabad police.