A GROUP of criminals, in an attempt to kill a constable’s wife and children by setting their house afire in the MIDC area in the small hours of Tuesday. Poonam Rahul Chauhan (29), wife of Naik Police Constable (NPC) Rahul Chauhan, attached to Nagpur City Police Headquarters and a resident of Plot No 45, Dnyandeep Colony, Saptak Nagar, behind SRPF Camp, lodged a complaint that her husband was deployed at ITI COVID-19 Centre at Wanadongri. She and her sons Raghav (6) and Keshav (3) were asleep.

 

 

 

Miscreants stormed into her house around 2.30 pm. They closed the doors from outside and set afire the house in a bid to kill her and her children. On the basis of the complaint, MIDC Police registered a case under Section 307 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and started the probe.