Overview

• Police have arrested husband Vipin Bhati, his parents Daya and Satveer, and brother Rohit under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections including murder, with Vipin shot in the leg during an alleged escape attempt.
• Officers are examining a CCTV clip that appears to show Vipin outside a nearby shop around the time of the incident, with the footage’s timestamp and provenance still unverified.
• A private-hospital memo records Nikki’s injuries as stemming from a gas cylinder explosion, contrasting with sister Kanchan’s FIR alleging she was beaten, doused with a flammable liquid and set on fire.
• A new funeral video shows the father-in-law lighting the pyre and other in-laws present at the cremation, prompting scrutiny of the sequence of events before the arrests.
• The National Commission for Women has sought a time-bound probe and witness protection, as police also note a 2024 FIR that previously named Vipin in an unrelated assault case.