Reels, Salon Business, Dowry Demand: Build-Up To UP Woman's Heinous Murder | Read

Six months before she was burnt alive, 28-year-old Nikki Bhati left her in-laws' home in Greater Noida and went to live with her parents in Dadri following an assault by her husband, Vipin. A panchayat meeting was called, where Vipin apologised and promised that he would never hit his wife again. Nikki went back to stay with him, hoping it was over. Only, it was not.

Nikki and her sister Kanchan, who is married to Vipin's brother Rohit, ran a salon. But Vipin and his family did not like this, it is learnt. He was also against her posting reels on Instagram, and this led to regular arguments at home. Vipin and his family had also been demanding more dowry despite Nikki's father gifting him a Scorpio SUV, a Royal Enfield bike, gold, and cash. On Thursday, the argument snowballed into assault and Vipin and his mother, Daya, allegedly set Nikki on fire. She burned alive in front of her seven-year-old son and sister, Kanchan.