Nikki’s mother said, “They demanded a top model of Scorpio car. We told them we can only give Swift Dzire, still we gave the Scorpio and 30 tola gold (approximately 350 gram) at the wedding.””When my daughters had children, we gave a motorcycle and 11 tola gold (approximately 128 gram). They still tortured them. When we brought them back home, they held panchayat, pleaded with us for their return, still the abuse continued.””My daughter kept reassuring me that good days will come but they never did,” the inconsolable mother said.She demanded strict action against the entire Bhati family.Nikki’s elder sister, Kanchan, recorded a video of the attack and accused Vipin Bhati and his family members of killing her sister for dowry.Disturbing videos of the incident and testimonies of Nikki’s son and sister surfaced on social media on how the accused husband, Vipin Bhati, and another woman assaulted the victim and dragged her by the hair.Another clip showed Nikki, severely burnt, walking down a staircase before collapsing.She succumbed to burns while being taken to a hospital Thursday night.The victim’s son (aged around six), who witnessed the horrifying incident, said, “Meri mumma ke upar kuch dala, fir unko chanta mara fir lighter se aag laga di. (They poured something on my mother, slapped her and set her ablaze using a lighter).”While addressing the media, Kanchan said, “We were beaten and tortured for days. They were demanding Rs 36 lakh. They hit her on the neck and head, threw acid, and set her on fire in front of her child.”She added that she, too, was assaulted when she tried to intervene.”They slapped me. I was injured and unconscious the entire day.”Kanchan said that their in-laws wanted her sister to go away so that Vipin could remarry.
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