A father-son duo accused of squatting in a Queens storefront were charged by the feds Thursday with setting the business on fire — just hours before they were supposed to be evicted.
Narinder Singh, 56, and his 29-year-old-son Jawahar Singh were allegedly caught on the building’s own security cameras placing paper towels on a hot plate to set off the Feb. 18 inferno, federal prosecutors said.
Authorities only became aware of the footage after the younger alleged firebug, who is an illegal immigrant, told the FDNY about the video system in the Richmond Hill store, the feds said.
The Singhs, who live on Long Island in Nassau County, have been locked in a yearslong “acrimonious” legal battle with their landlord, who was trying to boot their print shop from the building, according to prosecutors…