India, Aug. 24 -- Vipin Bhati, the man who allegedly tortured and killed his wife in a dowry-related case in Greater Noida, insisted on Sunday that she died "on her own".

"I have no remorse for I did not kill her," the 28-year-old prime accused said, repeating a claim he made on social media trying to project it as a case of suicide.

He reacted also to reports that he used to assault his wife throughout their marriage. "Miya-biwi mein ladai hoti rehti hai (It's normal for husband-wife to have fights in a marriage). I don't want to say anything else," he said when confronted with videos going viral online.

He was asked questions by the media when he was brought to a hospital as he was shot in the leg by UP Police when he allegedly tried...