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Doctor, home guards among 19 held in Chhattisgarh for faking snakebite deaths, siphoning off lakhs

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Doctor, home guards among 19 held in Chhattisgarh for faking snakebite deaths, siphoning off lakhs
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Nineteen individuals, including a doctor and two home guards, have been arrested in Chhattisgarh for orchestrating a scam involving forged post-mortem reports. The syndicate falsely claimed snakebite deaths to siphon off government compensation funds totaling ₹64 lakh.

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Nineteen persons, including a doctor, two home guards, and a lawyer, have been arrested in Chhattisgarh 's Bilaspur district for allegedly orchestrating a scam by forging post-mortem reports to claim snakebite compensation and siphoning off lakhs, police said on Tuesday (July 21, 2026).

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