Greater Noida: ‘Mumma Ke Upar Kuch Daala, Phir Lighter Se Aag Lagayi’

Horrifying footage showed a woman being brutally thrashed by her husband and another woman before being set on fire on Thursday night (August 21). The deeply disturbing incident took place in Greater Noida’s Sirsa village. The deceased, identified as Nikki, died on her way to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi. Her young son, who witnessed the incident, recounted the horror.

The little boy, while fighting back tears, said, “Meri mumma ke upar kuch daala tha, unko chaata maara tha, phir lighter se aag lag di gayi.” (They first poured something on mumma, then slapped her before setting her on fire using a lighter). When someone asked if his father killed his mother, he nodded his head.

Nikki was brutally killed over dowry demands, nine years after her marriage to husband Vipin Bhati in 2016. The victim’s elder sister, Kanchan, who is married into the same family, filed a police complaint against her in-laws following the incident. She accused them of thrashing her sister and torturing them both for a dowry of Rs 36 lakh just six months after Nikki’s marriage.

Videos circulating on social media showed Vipin, who was shirtless, with another woman pulling the victim by her hair. Blood could be seen on his stomach and back as he beat her up. In other video clips, Nikki was seen walking down the stairs and sitting on the floor while on fire. Burn injuries were clearly visible in the heart-wrenching footage.

Nikki was initially rushed to Fortis Hospital in Noida but was later referred to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi. Unfortunately, she succumbed to her burn injuries on the way. Her husband has been arrested, while a case has been registered against her mother-in-law Daya, brother-in-law Rohit, father-in-law Satveer, and sister-in-law under different sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

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