Compensation fraud
Compensation fraud has taken a darkly comic twist in Mysuru district, where a woman killed her husband and tried to pass it off as a tiger attack to pocket government relief. Authorities say Sallapuri, a laborer, poisoned her husband Venkataswamy, then staged the scene by hiding his body in a cow dung heap and claiming a tiger had dragged him away.
Why? Because the state pays up to Rs 15 lakh (about US$18,000) for deaths caused by wild animals. A gruesome idea, but one she thought could work—especially after a tiger was sighted nearby. She even joined forest officials searching the jungle, insisting she’d heard a roar.
The plan collapsed when no tiger tracks were found and the body turned up behind her own house. The case exposes how money can twist motives. Maybe killing husbands is a new “business model”? Fake tiger deaths for payouts. If only humans fought this hard to save real tigers instead.
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Based on India New England News, India.
Photo credit: IANS.
