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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Arpan Rai

Indian police arrest man accused of burning wife alive over dowry demands

Police officials in north India’s Uttar Pradesh made multiple arrests on Monday after a woman was allegedly killed over dowry demands by her husband and his family.

According to the complaint filed by 26-year-old Nikki Payla’s family, she was burnt to death by her husband Vipin Bhati on Thursday in the Greater Noida region near capital Delhi after he was unable to extract Rs 3.5m and a luxury car from her family as dowry, police said.

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