Agencies | New Delhi:
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case in connection with the death of Twisha Sharma, who was found dead at her in-laws’ residence in Bhopal earlier this month.
Acting on directions from the Supreme Court, the central agency booked Twisha’s husband, Samarth Singh, and mother-in-law, Giribala Singh, under Sections 80(2), 85 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, along with Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
Twisha Sharma (33), a former model and actor from Noida, was found hanging at her marital home in Bhopal’s Katara Hills area on the night of May 12. She had married Bhopal resident Samarth Singh in December 2025 after meeting him through an online matrimonial platform a year earlier.
Following her death, Twisha’s family alleged that she had been subjected to dowry-related harassment by her in-laws.
While Giribala Singh secured anticipatory bail, Samarth Singh reportedly evaded police for more than a week before surrendering at a police station in Jabalpur on May 22.
Meanwhile, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has adjourned until May 27 the hearing on petitions challenging the anticipatory bail granted to Giribala Singh after the defence sought additional time to file its response.
During the proceedings, Giribala Singh’s counsel, George Carlo, submitted that his client had not yet received a copy of the petition filed by Twisha’s father, Navnidhi Sharma, and requested further time to submit a formal reply.
On Sunday, Twisha Sharma’s last rites were conducted 12 days after her death following a second postmortem ordered by the high court and carried out by a team from AIIMS Delhi.
Dr Sudhir Gupta, Chief of Forensic Medicine at AIIMS Delhi, said the final report would take time as several laboratory examinations — including histopathology and viscera analysis — are still pending.
Twisha’s family has raised multiple concerns regarding the circumstances surrounding her death. They alleged the presence of blunt force injuries on her left arm and forearm and questioned the absence of a detailed dissection to determine the depth and age of the injuries.
The family also pointed to the lack of radiological examination of the neck and cervical structures and sought a correlation between the alleged ligature material and injuries found on the neck. Additionally, they requested a comprehensive toxicological evaluation of preserved viscera samples.
The case has drawn widespread public attention, with the victim’s family continuing to demand a thorough and transparent investigation into the circumstances leading to her death.
