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New twists and turns are emerging in the Greater Noida dowry death case.
New reports now suggest that the recovery of inflammable items from Nikki’s room has raised doubts about the direction of the investigation so far.
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Police are reportedly exploring fresh angles, checking CCTV footage, and examining videos that have come to light after the first round of questioning and statement recording.
Meanwhile, a video from Nikki’s funeral has surfaced, allegedly showing some of her in-laws attending and her father-in-law participating in the last rites.
So, what do these new developments mean for the case?
Let’s take a look:
Inflammable items found in Nikki’s room
An inflammable substance was recovered from Nikki’s room, pointing to a possible new turn in the case.
According to a News18 report, police are now checking CCTV footage and videos that have surfaced after the first round of questioning.
The recovered substance has been sent for forensic testing. Police are also planning to review Kanchan’s statement once again, the report said.
CCTV shows husband outside home during Nikki’s death?
Media reports said that CCTV footage has surfaced, allegedly showing Vipin Bhati at a shop near his home on August 21, the day his wife Nikki Bhati was set on fire, allegedly by him and his family over dowry.
The video from outside a shop near the Bhati family home shows a young man, identified by locals as Vipin, standing behind a car before suddenly running. Moments later, he is seen returning and moving quickly towards the car parked nearby, PTI reported.
Shortly after, an elderly man and several locals rush towards the Bhati residence, while women in the area appear visibly shaken.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Greater Noida) Sudhir Kumar told Hindustan Times, “We cannot confirm the veracity of the CCTV footage. Cross-verification is underway.”
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Nikki’s in-laws were present at her funeral?
A video from Nikki’s funeral has surfaced that reportedly showed her father-in-law and other in-laws present, even though her family had claimed they ran away after setting her on fire.
Kanchan had said she fainted when she saw her sister burning and that the family members fled after the incident.
The video, however, shows her father-in-law and some others from her husband’s family at the funeral. Nikki’s father-in-law also reportedly lit the funeral pyre.
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Hours later, at 12.40 pm, Nikki’s family lodged a case accusing her husband, Vipin, Kanchan’s husband Rohit, along with her father-in-law and mother-in-law, of killing her by setting her ablaze.
Vipin, Rohit and their parents were all arrested. Vipin was shot in the leg after he tried to grab a policeman’s pistol.
The Nikki Bhati murder case
On August 21, Nikki was allegedly beaten, doused with a flammable liquid and set on fire inside her home in Sirsa village, Greater Noida.
She was rushed to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital with severe burn injuries that evening but died there on Thursday.
Kanchan, the elder sister, said both of them were harassed by their in-laws and husbands over a Rs 35 lakh dowry, even though earlier demands for costly gifts, including a Scorpio car, a Bullet bike and gold, had already been fulfilled.
Shocking clips shared by Kanchan showed the mother and son attacking Nikki. Another video showed her in flames as she tried to move down a staircase.
The assault took place in front of her young son. “They poured something on my mother, slapped her, and then set her on fire with a lighter,” her son said.
Both sisters were active on Instagram and YouTube, where they ran a beauty parlour channel together called “Makeover by Kannchan”, which has 54,500 followers on Instagram.
Police said Vipin was against Nikki reopening a parlour and posting reels online. On August 21, the two had a heated argument over her decision to restart the parlour.
Vipin has denied killing Nikki, saying that “she died on her own".
#WATCH | Greater Noida: Accused of murdering his wife Nikki over dowry demands, Vipin Bhati says, "... I have no remorse. I haven't killed her. She died on her own. Husband and wife often have fights, it is very common..." pic.twitter.com/YrPFaYARuY
— ANI (@ANI) August 24, 2025
“I have no remorse. I haven’t killed her. She died on her own. Husband and wife often have fights; it is very common," he told news agency ANI.
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