16 arrested in LIC fraud case, police recover Rs 37 lakh in Mohali

As many as 16 persons have been arrested for their involvement in LIC fraud case. Police arrested kingpin Kapil Kanav in the fraud case that came to light in August this year. Police have unearthed Rs 37.30 lakh, 14 mobile phones, 3 fixed wireless phones, 12 cheque books and a Fortuner car with registration number HR13J0077. A total of Rs 7 lakh which was deposited in three different accounts of the accused have been frozen by the bank. A FIR has been lodged by the Mohali police under sections 420 (cheating), 406 (punishment for criminal breach of trust) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) at Phase 11 police station. Based on the complaint of Gurnam Singh, who was a former employee of BSNL, police took action. The police said the accused were operating two call centres, one in Kailash Nagar and the other in Laxmi Nagar in Delhi. “The kingpin, Kapil Kanav was the mastermind behind this fraud. They used different names to approach people,” said Harmandeep Singh Hans, superintendent of police (investigation). Deputy SP Rupinderdeep Kaur Sohi said, “After three accused were arrested on August 28, we received a six more complaints regarding LIC fraud from Mohali. They had formed different teams to crack the case. The scam started seven years back in 2012. It is a long trail and the case is not yet completed.”