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In a major development, the Noida Police have arrested the father-in-law, Satyaveer Bhati, and brother-in-law of the deceased woman, Nikki Bhati, in connection with the alleged dowry death case. Rohit Bhati, Nikki Bhati’s brother-in-law, is the third person to be taken into custody in the case so far. Earlier on Sunday, the victim’s mother-in-law was arrested in connection with the alleged dowry death case. Vipin Bhati, husband of 26-year-old Nikki, was also arrested on Saturday.
The matter came to light on Thursday night after Fortis Hospital informed the police that a woman had been admitted with severe burn injuries. Doctors at Fortis referred her to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital due to her critical condition. However, as per the IANS report, she died on the way before receiving further treatment.
According to the news agency ANI report, Nikki’s husband, Vipin Bhati, was shot in the leg during a police encounter and was admitted to a hospital for treatment. The man accused of setting his wife on fire, who later succumbed to her injuries, was later brought to a hospital in Greater Noida for treatment after being shot in the leg during an encounter with Uttar Pradesh police. At present, Vipin Bhati has been sent to judicial custody of 14 days.
Denying all the allegations, Bhati told news agency ANI from his hospital bed, “I did not kill her. She died on her own.” When asked about the accusations of physical assault, he stated, “Husband and wife often have fights, it is very common…”
The family of the victim, Nikki, who was allegedly set ablaze by her husband and in-laws, claimed that she had been tortured since her marriage in 2016 by them for a dowry demand of Rs 36 lakh, even after they had fulfilled their demand for Scorpio vehicle and a motorcycle. The victim’s father Bhikahri Singh said his daughters Kanchan (29) and Nikki (26) were married to brothers Rohit Bhati and Vipin Bhati, respectively, in 2016.
The family of the deceased woman, Nikki Bhati, held a protest outside the Kasana Police station today, demanding justice. The father of the deceased woman alleged that her in-laws killed her over their demand for dowry.
“Her mother-in-law poured kerosene while her husband set her on fire. They kept asking for dowry; now their demands have been met. I just married my daughter as per tradition. Their dowry demands have been met now that my daughter has died. They demanded a car and tortured my daughter for that.”He also accused the husband of domestic violence. “That person is neither man nor human; he is a butcher. We once brought her home because of all this domestic violence, but because of societal pressure, they came and took her back on the promise of not repeating this. It continued. Now they have got what they wanted,” he said, reported news agency ANI.
Several Disturbing videos of the incident and testimonies of Nikki’s son and sister surfaced on social media on how the accused husband, Vipin Bhati, and another woman assaulted the victim and dragged her by the hair. Another clip showed Nikki, severely burnt, walking down a staircase before collapsing. She had succumbed to burns while being taken to a hospital Thursday night.
(With Agencies Inputs)
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