Noida dowry killing: Nikki and sister Kanchan, were makeup artists, had over 49k followers, won awards

Nikki, the woman who was set on fire by her in-laws in Sirsa village, Noida, was a makeup artist along with her sister Kanchan. She was also a social media influencer and had around 49 thousand followers on Instagram, and had received many awards for her work.

Her elder sister Kanchan was married to the same family in December 2016. Her husband Rohit is Vipin's elder brother.

According to the sister's account, Nikki’s husband, Vipin, and his family members assaulted her sister before setting her on fire in front of her son and Kanchan. She recorded two videos of the in-laws assaulting and burning her sister. It is alleged that their mother-in-law passed a flammable substance to Vipin, who poured it over her sister. When Kancha protested, they had struck her neck and beaten her, causing her to faint, Nav Bharat reported.

Kanchan’s husband Rohit and their father-in-law Satyaveer were both present while the crime took place.

Nikki was admitted to the hospital afterwards in Delhi, where she died.

Kanchan had also gone through similar abuse as the in-laws kept demanding a dowry of ₹36 lakh. Her family had already given them a bike and a Scorpio car.

The sister told the media that she, too, was assaulted on the night of the incident. "We were being tortured, our in-laws would tell us they did not get this or that during the wedding. They asked us to get Rs 36 lakh from our home. I was also assaulted between 1.30 am and 4 am on Thursday.

"They told me, 'We have got dowry for one (sister), what about the other? You are better off dead. We will marry again. I was hit several times, and I was not in my senses the entire day," she said. “They slapped me. I was injured… unconscious the entire day,” she said

"I tried to save her, but I could not. Someone took her to the hospital. I don't know who. I had fallen unconscious...I want justice. I want my in-laws to suffer the way they made my sister suffer," she said.

After her sister’s death, she filed an FIR, where she said that her mother-in-law Daya, father-in-law Satyaveer, husband Rohit, and brother-in-law Vipin preplanned Nikki’s murder.

She said that they wanted Nikki to go away so that Vipin could be remarried.

Kanchan has also said that she will be raising Nikki’s son as her own.

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