‘Cylinder Blast’: Hospital Memo, Nikki’s Dying Declaration Deepen Noida Dowry Case Mystery

As the mystery surrounding Greater Noida woman Nikki Bhati’s death continues to deepen, a hospital memo, widely shared on social media, suggests that she was taken to a hospital after she suffered burn injuries following a “cylinder blast”.

The purported memo, from a private hospital, stated Nikki was brought to the hospital on August 21 at 6 pm. It further, in Hindi, stated, ‘Ghar par gas cylinder fatne se mareej ko kaafi gambheer roop se jal gaya hai‘ (The patient has suffered severe burn injuries due to a gas cylinder explosion at home).

“Burn at home, due to blast of cooking cylinder,” it mentioned in English.

The memo also states that Nikki was brought to the hospital by Devendra, her relative, and that her condition was “critical”.

Meanwhile, a team of the Noida Police recorded a statement of the hospital staff who attended to Nikki Bhati as she was brought there.

Sources told that the staff informed the police that Nikki had herself told them that she suffered burn injuries while she was cooking at home, and that there was a cylinder blast.

However, investigations revealed that there was no cylinder blast in the house where she lived.

The police also recovered an empty bottle of thinner and a lighter from her home.

Efforts were also underway to record the statement of Nikki’s sister, Kanchan, after the hospital memo emerged.

This comes days after Kanchan, who filmed her on fire, and her family members alleged that Nikki was set ablaze at her residence in Greater Noida’s Sirsa by her husband, Vipin Bhati.

On Wednesday, Uttar Pradesh Women Commission member Meenakshi Bharala reached Nikki’s residence in Greater Noida and met the grieving family members.

She assured Nikki Bhati’s family of an impartial probe into her death and also promised that the murder case would be put on a fast-track trial.

According to IANS, Nikki’s mother fainted several times while narrating the family’s trauma over her murder, before the commission member.

Nikki’s sister, Kanchan Bhati, also fell while recounting the blood-curdling episode before her and was taken to the hospital. She was found to be low on blood pressure and suffering from dehydration due to excessive crying.

As the police were informed of the incident on August 21, they, on the basis of a complaint by Nikki Bhati’s sister, registered an FIR under various sections of the BNS, following which Nikki’s husband, Vipin, his parents, and brother Rohit were arrested.