Mumbai: A pregnant lady police constable lodged a complaint against her in-laws for trying to set her a blaze in Nasik on March 8. According to police, the complainant, Deepali Ashish Beldar (name changed) 26, who has been deployed at the Arms Dept, Mumbai Headquarters, had gone to her in-laws’ house in Nasik for a religious ceremony.
On March 7, she received a call on her husband’s mobile phone of one Rakhi. She told the complainant she and her husband Ashish had been in a relationship for the past five years. The woman warned the complainant with dire consequences if she told anyone and disconnected the call.
The next day when the complainant discussed it, her husband and in-laws locked her up in a bedroom, assaulted her, drenched her with kerosene and tried to set her ablaze. To save herself when she screamed, the neighbours broke the door of the house open and came to her rescue. A case was registered against her husband and in-laws on the basis of her statement and investigation is on, said police.
