Noida: The investigation into the demise of 26-year-old Nikki Bhati, by 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 by which Nikki is seen purportedly staggering down the steps along with her torso on fireplace, 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 simply earlier than 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 digicam that purportedly exhibits Vipin and his six-year-old son standing on the highway places him on the grocery retailer on the time of the alleged assault, which – in accordance with the grievance 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 verify shirt and blue trousers, is seen standing close to a white automobile parked on the principle highway 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 highway and chatting with two or three boys. Out of the blue, at 5.47pm, a commotion seems to erupt. The person within the verify shirt sprints in direction of the home, adopted intently 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 automobile, 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 store the place Vipin is standing is reverse their home. I heard Vipin shouting about dashing Nikki to hospital. Everybody was shouting about Nikki being injured in a fireplace. When you see the footage, you may see me strolling out of my store in shorts after Vipin. I downed the shutters and drove the automobile. Together with uncle and aunty (Daya and Satveer), I took Nikki to hospital. She informed us there was a cylinder blast inside the home and stored asking for water all the best way to the hospital as she could not breathe. We took her to Fortis Hospital, the place she additionally informed the physician a couple of cylinder blast,” he stated.A senior officer stated the timing of the footage and that of movies shared by Nikki’s household have to be matched. “We’ll cross-check a number of issues, particularly the time span. We’re anyway verifying the contents of the footage and the video handed over to us by Kanchan as the principle proof. Footage from the hospital the place Nikki was taken to initially must be examined too,” he informed TOI. Devendra’s model conflicts with that of Kanchan, who alleged her sister was set on fireplace. 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 transient video exhibits Nikki engulfed in flames. Based on Vipin’s kinfolk, 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 discovered that pressure began after Nikki and Kanchan opened a magnificence parlour at residence. The household allegedly opposed the enterprise, however Nikki persevered. Relations deteriorated additional in 2024 after Nikki found Vipin’s affair with a girl from Jarcha, who later filed a police case in opposition to him for bodily abuse. Within the days main as much as Nikki’s demise, the couple was not on speaking phrases, residing in separate rooms, sources stated. “The couple had a heated argument minutes earlier than the incident, throughout which Vipin allegedly slapped Nikki a number of occasions,” a police supply stated.
