Overview

• Dinesh, 28, remains in Safdarjung Hospital’s ICU with medically described “dangerous” scald burns, with reports noting about 20% burns.
• An FIR was registered at Ambedkar Nagar Police Station, and the wife was booked under BNS sections 118, 124 and 326.
• The incident was reported around 3:15 am on October 3 at the couple’s Madangir residence, where their eight-year-old daughter was present.
• The victim told police his wife poured boiling oil on his torso and face, then sprinkled red chilli powder and warned, “agar shor machaya…”.
• No arrest has been made as investigators collect witness accounts and plan to record the child’s statement, noting a prior CAW complaint resolved by compromise.