In a shocking case of dowry-related violence has emerged from Greater Noida, where a six-year-old boy witnessed his mother being brutally murdered by his father and grandmother. The child, still in trauma, revealed that his father set his mother ablaze in front of him after subjecting her to physical assault.
"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)," the child stated. When asked by a media person if his father had murdered his mother, he simply nodded his head in confirmation.
The incident, which occurred in Sirsa village under the jurisdiction of the Kasna Police Station, was captured in two distressing videos now circulating on the internet. One video shows a man and a woman assaulting the victim, identified as Nikki (in her mid-30s), and dragging her out of the house by her hair. The second video shows the woman, after being set on fire, limping down a staircase.
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The victim's elder sister, Kanchan, who is married into the same family, filmed the videos. Addressing the media, a tearful Kanchan, who is married to the accused's brother, Vipin, alleged that her sister was murdered by her husband and in-laws for failing to meet their dowry demand of Rs 36 lakh.
Kanchan claimed that on Thursday night, Nikki was severely beaten and then set on fire. "We were beaten and tortured for the last many days for dowry. They were demanding Rs 36 lakh in dowry. They carried out atrocities against my sister," she said.
Holding her sister’s son in her arms, Kanchan described the abuse. "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," she recounted.
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