Overview

• Doctors and a nurse told investigators that Nikki said her burns were from a gas-cylinder explosion, a statement noted in Fortis Hospital’s memo and MLC.
• Greater Noida police report finding no evidence of any cylinder blast at the home and have sent the recovered inflammable material for forensic analysis.
• Four members of the Bhati family — husband Vipin, his parents and his brother — remain under arrest on murder and related conspiracy charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
• Investigators are verifying multiple videos and CCTV clips, including undated footage placing Vipin near a shop and hospital recordings of relatives transporting Nikki.
• Officers are re-recording witness statements, including sister Kanchan’s dowry-harassment allegations, and note the hospital statement was not a magistrate-recorded dying declaration.