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BHOPAL: At a time when the country is shocked over the martyrdom of CRPF jawans in Pulwana terror attack , the widow of a personnel martyred in 2013 was duped of Rs 8 lakh - the amount she received as a compensation after her husband's death.

Five CRPF personnel, including, Om Prakash Mardania of Shahpur village in Sehore was martyred in a terror attack in a camp in Srinagar in 2013. Mardania was married to Komal Bai and they had two children aged 7 and 5, at the time.

On February 11 this year, a man impersonating as a CRPF personnel visited Mardania's house and told Komal that he had been sent by the security force as it is routine for CRPF to visit home of martyrs and check on the wellbeing of their families. The accused identified himself as Mishri Lal Meena. He told the woman that CRPF will be sending another Rs 34 lakh as compensation, but for that she needs to withdraw Rs 8.5 lakh that has already been paid to her, police said, citing the complaint. After convincing her, he accompanied her to the bank, where she withdrew the money. The accused took the money from her and fled said police.

A complaint has been registered and investigation is on in the case.

Additional SP of Sehore Sameer Yadav said, "We are carrying out an investigation.

And CRPF is also helping us as the accused had used the name of the force while committing the fraud. There have been several developments in the case and we are hopeful that we will be able to arrest the accused soon." "

The accused is certainly a person who knew about the money in the account of martyr's widow and was also aware about the working of the forces as he had introduced himself as part of the routine visit done by CRPF to the martyr's homes every two-three months for enquiring about their wellbeing.

We are investigating from several aspects and are hopeful of arresting the accused soon."

