Noida Dowry Murder: Husband shot while trying to flee custody, mother-in-law held | Top Developments
New Delhi: The Gautam Buddh Nagar Police on Sunday arrested the mother-in-law of the 26-year-old woman who was allegedly killed woman for dowry in Greater Noida. Her husband was shot in leg as he attempted to flee custody.
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.
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.
Here are the Top developments:
- Vipin Bhati, who was arrested on Saturday, has been sent to 14-day judicial custody, according to the police.
- Vipin Bhati was shot in leg as he attempted to flee custody.
- Vipin Bhati was being escorted by the police to recover evidence around 1.30 pm when he tried to flee, according to the Gautam Buddh Nagar Police PRO.
- The accused husband’s mother, identified as Daya (55) and wife of Satyaveer, has also been arrested.
- The FIR was lodged on Friday under BNS sections 103(1) (murder), 115 (2) (voluntarily causing hurt) and 61 (2) (attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or others) at Kasna Police Station in Greater Noida. The case was registered on 22 August
- 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.
“They demanded a Scorpio car. We gave them, and again they demanded a bullet motorcycle, which we gave them. Their demands were increasing day by day. And after that they began demanding Rs 36 lakh from us,” Bhikahri Singh added.
“I want strict action against the family and an encounter should be done. This is Baba’s (Yogi Adityanath) government, their house should also be bulldozed. If not we will sit on hunger strike,” he demanded.
Both brother don’t work. Since marriage, they kept asking for money, sometimes they said give us your Mercedes, they asked for our Scorpio.
Nikki’s father helped her daughter to open her own beauty parlour as Vipin had no work. But Nikki’s husband started stealing money from the parlour.
Pointing to a Mercedes parked outside Bhikahri Singh’s house, another relative told PTI Videos, “Vipin had been demanding this car for over a year. He said either give the Mercedes or Rs 60 lakh.”
Nikki’s mother said, “They demanded a top model of Scorpio car. We told them we can only give Swift Dzire, still we gave the Scorpio and 30 tola gold (approximately 350 gram) at the wedding.”
“When my daughters had children, we gave motorcycle and 11 tola gold (approximately 128 gram), they still tortured them. When we brought them back home, they held panchayat, pleaded us for their return…. still the abuse continued.”
An Instagram ID, having profile picture of the accused husband, showed a purported post of Vipin Bhati in which he said, “Mujhe toh bata deti, ak baar, kya hua tha, mujhe chhod kyun chali gayi tuu (you should have told me once, what had happened. Why did you leave me?)”
“Aisa kyun kiya, duniya hatyara bol rahi hai Nikki? (Why did you do this? The world is calling me a killer Nikki)” Vipin Bhati said.
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