SRINAGAR: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch, Jammu, has filed a chargesheet against a former employee of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company for allegedly cheating the insurer through forged documents to fraudulently obtain more than Rs 10.75 lakh from a life insurance policy.
According to a Crime Branch official, the chargesheet has been presented before the Court of the 3rd Additional Munsiff Judge, Jammu, against Parul Sharma in connection with FIR No. 02/2013, registered under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC).
The case was registered on the complaint of Deepak Bhat, then Branch Incharge of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company, Jammu. The complainant alleged that the accused fraudulently surrendered a life insurance policy using forged documents and diverted Rs 10,75,742.95 into a fake State Bank of India (SBI) account opened in the name of the genuine policyholder.
The Crime Branch said the investigation also uncovered attempts to fraudulently surrender two other life insurance policies using a similar modus operandi.
Investigators collected records from the insurance company and the State Bank of India, which, according to the Crime Branch, revealed that the accused had allegedly obtained duplicate policy documents, forged policy surrender papers and opened the fake bank account using fabricated documents.
The case will now proceed before the competent court for further legal proceedings.
