Overview

• Investigators have collected a purported CCTV video placing husband Vipin Bhati outside a shop near the home around 5:42–5:47 pm on August 21, with officers stressing the footage is unverified and its timing will be cross‑checked.
• A memo from the private hospital that first treated Nikki states she suffered severe burns from a gas cylinder explosion, and cousin Devendra told reporters she mentioned a blast while being driven to the facility.
• In an FIR, sister Kanchan alleges Vipin and in‑laws doused Nikki with a flammable substance and set her on fire, and she has handed over disturbing videos showing prior assaults and Nikki engulfed in flames that police are treating as evidence.
• Police say all four accused—Vipin, his parents Satveer and Daya, and brother Rohit—are in custody under murder‑related provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and they are verifying CCTV, the sister’s videos, and hospital records; Vipin was shot in the leg during an alleged escape attempt.
• The National Commission for Women has sought a time‑bound inquiry and protection for witnesses, as the family cites years of dowry harassment since 2016 and investigators probe all angles, including dowry violence and the cylinder‑blast claim.