Overview

• Investigators say a house inspection found no signs of an explosion, with the kitchen intact, and they seized an empty thinner bottle and a lighter for forensic testing.
• A Fortis medico-legal note records Nikki stating her burns were from a gas-cylinder blast, according to statements by an attending doctor and nurse to police.
• All four named in the FIR—husband Vipin Bhati, his parents Daya and Satveer, and brother Rohit—are under arrest as the inquiry continues.
• Police are authenticating circulating CCTV clips, reviewing hospital CCTV, and re-recording key witness accounts, including sister Kanchan’s statement.
• Relatives contest the cylinder-blast version; Nikki’s father suggests she spoke under pressure, and the couple’s child recounted an intentional burning in a media interview.