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A 40-year-old man from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, was sentenced to life imprisonment Tuesday for killing a construction worker in 2016 and then faking the murder as his own death to claim Rs 35cr in life insurance. Civil and criminal court judge OR Deshmukh sentenced accused Amol Jayawant Powar to life imprisonment while acquitting his brother for lack of evidence. Police investigation revealed Powar picked up Ramesh Krishna Nayak (19) in his car and made him consume liquor.
He strangled Nayak in the vehicle and then dressed him in his own clothes before disposing of the body in a nullah. Powar then poured fuel on him and attempted to set the body on fire. Police later found the body did not match Powar's specifications and launched a search.
They eventually located him at Kochi. During the course of investigation, police found that Powar was in huge debt. The prosecution presented 71 witnesses, of whom 30 changed their statements during the course of the case.
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