A real estate businessman named Malapati Ashok Kumar in Prakasam district has been arrested for allegedly murdering his divorced younger sister to claim Rs 1 Crore insurance. He has been arrested for committing the crime.
As per the investigation, Kumar was facing significant debt and planned to kill her sister to claim the insurance money and stage the death as an accident.
Kumar took his sister to Ongole in his car under the pretext of a hospital visit, and while going back home, he gave her sleeping pills and smothered her to death.
The police said that the man has been arrested under various sections of the IPC, including 120 (B), 302, and 201.
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