New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- A woman in Greater Noida was allegedly assaulted and set on fire alive by her husband and in-laws over a demand of Rs.36 lakh in dowry. Her father has now demanded that the accused be shot dead in an encounter.

"They are killers, they should be shot, their home razed. My daughter was bringing up her son by running a parlour. They tortured her. The whole family was involved in the conspiracy, and they killed my daughter," Nikki's father, Bhikari Singh Payla told NDTV.

Nikki's father said that she tried her best to make the marriage work. "She did not want me to worry, so she tried her best to make the marriage work. But they are killers," he said.

Urging Uttar Pradesh's Yogi Adityanath government to take action aga...