India, April 22 -- Three days after a man set his pregnant wife afire at Bulle Nangal village under the Beas police station, the National Commission for Woman (NCW) has shot off a letter the Punjab director general of police (DGP) asking him to submit an action-taken report in three days.

On Friday, a labourer from Bulle Nangal village, Sukhdev Singh, allegedly tied his wife, Pinki (22) who was six-month pregnant with twins, to an iron cot before setting her on fire. Singh, who was on the run after the incident, was nabbed by the police on Saturday, officials said.

He was produced in a local court which sent him to two-day police remand.

According to the first information report (FIR) registered under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC on...