NEW DELHI: Police in Noida are re-examining the dying of 26-year-old Nikki Bhati after docs mentioned she had instructed them she suffered burns in a fuel cylinder blast – a press release that contradicts her sister’s allegations that Nikki was intentionally set on hearth by her husband and in-laws. Nikki died on 21 August from extreme burn accidents at her house in Sirsa village, Higher Noida. Whereas her household alleges she was killed following years of dowry harassment, a hospital memo data her personal assertion that she was injured in a cylinder explosion. Police say recent proof, together with inflammable materials present in Nikki’s room and a number of video clips surfacing on social media, has prompted them to revisit the timeline of occasions.The brand new findings appear to mark a shift from earlier allegations that Nikki was set on hearth with a flammable liquid by her husband Vipin Bhati and his household. One clip reportedly exhibits Nikki’s mother-in-law separating her from her husband Vipin throughout a combat, whereas one other data a voice saying, “Yeh kya kar liya?” (What have you ever executed?). A senior officer instructed reporters the inflammable substance has been despatched for forensic testing. CCTV footage displaying Vipin outdoors his house shortly earlier than the incident can also be being analysed. Nikki’s sister, Kanchan, who’s married to Vipin’s brother Rohit, filed the primary grievance. She alleged that Nikki was crushed after which set ablaze by Vipin, his dad and mom and his brother over dowry calls for. Kanchan additionally claimed she tried to intervene and filmed a part of the incident. Police have to this point arrested Vipin, Rohit, and Nikki’s parents-in-law. Vipin was shot within the leg on 24 August whereas allegedly trying to flee police custody.The case has additionally drawn consideration to Vipin’s previous. Police confirmed he was named in a separate assault case final yr, wherein a younger girl accused him of attacking her and stealing her telephone. The Bhati household denies the dowry harassment fees. Vipin’s cousin Devendra, who took Nikki to hospital, has mentioned she complained of suffocation and requested for water, whereas insisting Vipin was at a close-by store when the hearth broke out. The FIR towards the accused was registered below homicide and dowry harassment fees. Investigators say they’re collating witness statements and forensic reviews earlier than drawing conclusions.
