‘Gave them Scorpio, they still wanted ₹36 lakh’: Woman tortured, set ablaze by in-laws in Greater Noida; husband held, others on run | Noida News

NOIDA: A 26-year-old girl, allegedly tortured and set on hearth by her husband and in-laws over dowry eight years into her marriage, died after battling extreme burns for hours earlier this week in Greater Noida’s Sirsa village.Police mentioned her husband, Vipin, was taken into custody on Thursday, whereas her mother-in-law, father-in-law and brother-in-law, additionally accused in the case, stay on the run. Additional DCP Sudhir Kumar mentioned the girl, Nikki, was admitted to Fortis Hospital with extreme burns on Aug 21 night earlier than being shifted to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital, however died on the best way. The case was registered after her sister, Kanchan, lodged a grievance.Both sisters had been married in 2016 to 2 brothers—Kanchan to Rohit, and Nikki to Vipin. Kanchan alleged her household had already gifted a Scorpio automobile and different valuables on the time of marriage, however the in-laws continued to demand Rs 36 lakh. Another automobile was later given, however the calls for endured. “They tortured Nikki regularly, and when I tried to intervene, they beat me too—sometimes even in front of our children,” Kanchan advised police, including that she too has been harassed and assaulted by her in-laws for dowry.

She added that Vipin, who was unemployed and hooked on alcohol, ceaselessly assaulted Nikki, usually inspired by his mother and father. The couple’s disputes had been raised earlier than the native panchayat a number of instances, however the abuse continued. On Aug 21, Kanchan alleged, Vipin assaulted each sisters earlier than putting Nikki on the neck, inflicting her to break down. “He then poured an inflammable substance on her and set her ablaze,” she claimed.Videos of the alleged harassment, reviewed by police, present Nikki being overwhelmed and dragged by her husband and mother-in-law as others regarded on. Nikki was rushed to the hospital by neighbours and her sister, however couldn’t survive the intensive burns. Police obtained to know after they obtained a memo from a hospital a couple of girl being admitted with severe burn accidents. A homicide case was registered towards Vipin, his brother Rohit, and their mother and father, Daya and Satveer, underneath BNS sections 103(1) (homicide), 115(2) (voluntarily inflicting damage), and 61(2) (prison conspiracy). Cops mentioned dowry harassment expenses underneath BNS Section 80 haven’t been added to the FIR but.”The other accused are absconding, and multiple teams have been deployed to arrest them,” Additional DCP Kumar mentioned.