Latur man fakes death for insurance, kills hitchhiker, caught via chats

• A man in Latur, Maharashtra, faked his death to claim a Rs 1 crore life insurance payout for a home loan.
• He allegedly killed a hitchhiker, Govind Yadav, by burning him inside a car to stage his own demise.
• Police initially believed the charred body was the man, Ganesh Chavan, but inconsistencies arose.
• Chavan was caught after police discovered he was messaging his girlfriend from a different phone number post-incident.
• He was apprehended in Vijaydurg, and a murder case has been registered against him.

Why It Matters: It reveals extreme measures for insurance fraud and how digital trails expose crime.