Noida dowry horror: Woman burnt alive, son, sister witness assault

Noida: In a shocking incident, a woman in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida was allegedly beaten, dragged by her hair, and set on fire by her in-laws over an unfulfilled dowry demand of ₹36 lakh. Police said that they arrested the woman’s husband and launched a hunt to nab his parents. The victim is Nikki (in her mid-30s), a resident of Sirsa village under the limits of Kasna Police Station in Greater Noida.

“They poured something on my mother, slapped her and set her ablaze using a lighter,” said the victim's son (aged around six) who witnessed the incident that happened on Thursday night.

Two videos of the horrifying incident are making the rounds on the internet. In one of the videos, Nikki was seen being brutally assaulted by a man and a woman. The visuals clearly depicted the accused dragging the victim out of the house by her hair. The other video shows the woman limping down the stairs after being set on fire.

Kanchan, the elder sister of the victim, who was married in the same family, had captured the video of the incident. She had told the media that her younger sister was killed by her husband, Vipin, and her in-laws for not meeting their dowry demand of Rs 36 lakhs.

On Thursday night, she was badly beaten up and set on fire by them, claimed Kanchan, who is married to Vipin’s brother.

"We were beaten and tortured for many days for dowry. They were demanding Rs 36 lakh in dowry. They carried out atrocities against my sister. They hit her in her neck and head and threw acid on her. Our kids were also in the same house. I couldn't do anything. They tortured me as well," Kanchan broke into tears while holding her sister’s son in her arms.

She added that their in-laws wanted her sister to go away so that Vipin can be remarried. “They slapped me. I was injured… unconscious the entire day.”

Meanwhile, Greater Noida Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) Sudhir Kumar told PTI that hospital authorities alerted them about the attack on the woman.

 "On August 21, we received a call from Fortis Hospital informing us that a woman with burn injuries had been admitted and was referred to Safdarjung Hospital. Police immediately left for Safdarjung Hospital, but the woman succumbed to her injuries before the team could reach the hospital."

The Additional DCP said that a case has been registered based on the complaint filed by the victim’s sister at Kasna police station. Nikki’s funeral was conducted after the post-mortem.

"Vipin has been arrested, and teams have been formed to apprehend the remaining accused. They will be arrested soon," the officer said.

Nikki was married to Vipin in 2016, and the couple has a son.