Due Process
Every dowry death shocks the conscience. What is more troubling is how often such cases are explained away before the facts have been fully examined.
Uttar Pradesh police made a fourth arrest in the Greater Noida dowry murder case by nabbing the deceased victim’s father-in-law.
A third arrest was made in the Greater Noida dowry case on Monday morning. The brother-in-law of Nikki Bhati, who was burnt alive over a dowry demand, was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police.
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Nikki’s husband, Vipin Bhati, accused of killing her for dowry, was arrested on Saturday, while her mother-in-law was taken into custody the following day.
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Nikki Bhati was allegedly burnt alive by her husband and mother-in-law
A woman was thrashed and then burnt to death, allegedly by her husband and in-laws, in Greater Noida’s Kasna police station area. The deceased has been identified as Nikki. Her family alleges that her in-laws burnt her by pouring inflammable material.
The incident came to light on Thursday night when the police received a memo from Fortis Hospital. It was reported that a woman has been brought to the hospital in a burnt condition, and due to her critical condition, she is being referred to Safdarjung Hospital.
As soon as the information was received, the police team became active and reached the spot after contacting the family of the deceased. But by then, Nikki had succumbed to her burn injuries. The police took the body into custody and sent it for a post-mortem.
Additional DCP Greater Noida Sudhir Kumar told reporters, “A case has been registered under murder on the complaint of the family. The deceased was married in 2016. The family alleges that Nikki was deliberately burnt to death by her husband and in-laws.”
The police took immediate action on receiving the complaint from the deceased’s sister and arrested the accused husband, Vipin Bhati.
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