Latur Car Burning: Debt-ridden Man Faked Death for 1 Cr Insurance, Burned Innocent Alive

• Ganesh Chavan, burdened by ₹47 lakh debt and ₹75k monthly installments, planned to fake his death for a ₹1 crore term insurance claim.
• He picked up Govind Kisan Yadav, intoxicated him, and then burned him alive in a Skoda car in Wanwada, Ausa taluka, to stage his own death.
• Police initially treated it as an accidental death but later suspected Ganesh was alive after he chatted with a friend using a new number.
• Ganesh was tracked via mobile tower locations to Kolhapur and then Vijaydurg (Sindhudurg district) and arrested.
• He confessed to the crime and is now in 5-day police custody, facing charges of murder and destruction of evidence.

Why It Matters: Man faked death for insurance, burning an innocent person alive, caught by police.