Representational picture (Instagram/Vipin Bhati)
Noida: The investigation into the loss of life of 26-year-old Nikki Bhati, during which her husband Vipin is the prime accused and has been charged with homicide, has taken a flip. CCTV footage that emerged on Monday purportedly exhibits Vipin standing at a grocery store outdoors their Higher Noida home on the time when Nikki was allegedly attacked on Aug 21 night. The footage, from a store diagonally reverse from the Bhati home in Sirsa village, has prompted police to revisit the timeline and scrutinise movies of the alleged assault shared by Nikki’s household. These movies, together with one during which Nikki is seen purportedly staggering down the steps along with her torso on hearth, have been taken by her sister Kanchan, who lives in the identical home and is married to Vipin’s youthful brother Rohit. On Monday, police made two extra arrests, taking into custody Vipin’s father Satveer and Rohit, each of whom had been absconding for the reason that alleged homicide.‘Couple had a heated row just before incident’Vipin and his mom Daya have been arrested on Sunday. Vipin, who allegedly tried to flee cops whereas he was being taken to the crime scene, was shot within the leg in an encounter.The time stamp on the footage from the digital camera that purportedly exhibits Vipin and his six-year-old son standing on the street places him on the grocery retailer on the time of the alleged assault, which – in keeping with the criticism from Nikki’s household and the time recorded on the video shared by Kanchan of Nikki engulfed in flames – is 5.45pm, police sources stated.Within the CCTV clip, the person, believed to be Vipin sporting a test shirt and blue trousers, is seen standing close to a white automotive parked on the principle street outdoors the home at 5.42pm. A boy joins him, apparently holding a rope that he tugs a number of occasions. The person lingers, glancing down the street and chatting with two or three boys. Immediately, at 5.47pm, a commotion seems to erupt. The person within the test shirt sprints in the direction of the home, adopted carefully by an older man who additionally rushes inside. Moments later, the youthful man emerges once more, gesturing to bystanders who collect. He’s seen speaking to a person in shorts as the group swells. At 5.48pm, the person will get into the white automotive, briefly steps out, after which reverses the automobile into the lane as extra individuals collect. Devendra, Vipin’s cousin, claimed that Nikki suffered burns from a cylinder blast within the kitchen. “The shop where Vipin is standing is opposite their house. I heard Vipin shouting about rushing Nikki to hospital. Everyone was shouting about Nikki being injured in a fire. If you see the footage, you’ll see me walking out of my shop in shorts after Vipin. I downed the shutters and drove the car. Along with uncle and aunty (Daya and Satveer), I took Nikki to hospital. She told us there was a cylinder blast inside the house and kept asking for water all the way to the hospital as she couldn’t breathe. We took her to Fortis Hospital, where she also told the doctor about a cylinder blast,” he stated.A senior officer stated the timing of the footage and that of movies shared by Nikki’s household must be matched. “We will cross-check a few things, especially the time span. We are anyway verifying the contents of the footage and the video handed over to us by Kanchan as the main evidence. Footage from the hospital where Nikki was taken to initially needs to be examined too,” he informed TOI. Devendra’s model conflicts with that of Kanchan, who alleged her sister was set on hearth. In one of many movies posted by Kanchan on her YouTube channel, Vipin is seen dragging Nikki by the hair and taunting her to “make a video”. One other temporary video exhibits Nikki engulfed in flames. In line with Vipin’s family, the clips are from final winter, not Aug 21. Police stated they’d probe all prospects, together with dowry harassment, home violence and suicide. “The accused, the husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law and brother-in-law, have all been arrested,” stated Sudhir Kumar, further DCP, Higher Noida.Investigators have realized that rigidity began after Nikki and Kanchan opened a magnificence parlour at dwelling. The household allegedly opposed the enterprise, however Nikki endured. Relations deteriorated additional in 2024 after Nikki found Vipin’s affair with a girl from Jarcha, who later filed a police case towards him for bodily abuse. Within the days main as much as Nikki’s loss of life, the couple was not on speaking phrases, dwelling in separate rooms, sources stated. “The couple had a heated argument minutes before the incident, during which Vipin allegedly slapped Nikki several times,” a police supply stated.
