Noida: The investigation into the dying 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 Larger 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 hearth, 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 because the 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 mentioned.Within the CCTV clip, the person, believed to be Vipin carrying a verify shirt and blue trousers, is seen standing close to a white automobile parked on the primary 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. Abruptly, at 5.47pm, a commotion seems to erupt. The person within the verify shirt sprints in the 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 folks 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 speeding Nikki to hospital. Everybody was shouting about Nikki being injured in a fireplace. Should you see the footage, you will 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 saved asking for water all the way in which to the hospital as she could not breathe. We took her to Fortis Hospital, the place she additionally informed the physician a few cylinder blast,” he mentioned.A senior officer mentioned the timing of the footage and that of movies shared by Nikki’s household have to be matched. “We are going to cross-check a couple 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 primary 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 hearth. 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 temporary video exhibits Nikki engulfed in flames. In keeping with Vipin’s family, the clips are from final winter, not Aug 21. Police mentioned they might probe all potentialities, 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,” mentioned Sudhir Kumar, further DCP, Larger Noida.Investigators have discovered that rigidity began after Nikki and Kanchan opened a magnificence parlour at residence. The household allegedly opposed the enterprise, however Nikki continued. Relations deteriorated additional in 2024 after Nikki found Vipin’s affair with a lady from Jarcha, who later filed a police case in opposition to him for bodily abuse. Within the days main as much as Nikki’s dying, the couple was not on speaking phrases, dwelling in separate rooms, sources mentioned. “The couple had a heated argument minutes earlier than the incident, throughout which Vipin allegedly slapped Nikki a number of occasions,” a police supply mentioned.