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Tamil Nadu SIT Arrests Six in Alleged Patricide Plot Using Snakebites for ₹3 Crore Insurance

An insurer’s alert triggered a probe that applied call records with financial forensics to expose a staged snakebite scheme.

Overview

  • Police allege brothers Mohanraj, 26, and Hariharan, 27, worked with four accomplices to kill their father, E P Ganesan, 56, for insurance payouts.
  • Investigators say a non-fatal cobra bite days earlier was followed by a fatal October 22 attack identified as a krait bite to the neck inside the house.
  • The Special Investigation Team flagged a delay in taking Ganesan to a nearby hospital and a call to the insurer within minutes of his death as key red flags.
  • Call-record analysis and roughly ₹2 lakh in linked transfers allegedly tied the sons to G Balaji, B Prashanth, S Dinakaran, and G Naveenkumar.
  • All six are under arrest and in judicial custody at Puzhal Prison as Tiruvallur police scrutinize multiple policies totaling about ₹3 crore.