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Twisha Sharma, a former Miss Pune who hailed from Noida, was found hanging at her matrimonial home in Bhopal on May 12. Her family accused her mother-in-law of dowry harassment and murder.
According to police, Twisha met Bhopal-based lawyer Samarth Singh through a dating app in 2024 and married him in December 2025. Her family accused Singh and his mother Giribala Singh, a former judge, of murder.
“Samarth and his mother rushed Twisha Sharma to the hospital where doctors declared her brought dead on arrival. The police received information about her death from the hospital management around 11 pm (Tuesday),” the official said.
A case has been registered against Singh and his mother under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions relating to death and dowry harassment, said Rajneesh Kashyap, Deputy Commissioner of Police, who heads the Special Investigation Team (SIT).
He said the police had intensified efforts to trace and arrest Singh.
Last call
On the night of the incident, Twisha Sharma allegedly called her mother at 10.05 pm to report harassment at her matrimonial home.
“During the conversation, she suddenly hung up after her husband entered the room,” her brother, Major Harshit Sharma, an officer in the Indian Army, told NDTV. “Our family made repeated attempts to contact her, Samarth and her mother-in-law Giribala Singh after that, but no one responded,” he said.
At 10:15 p.m., her family spoke to her mother-in-law and urged her to check on Twisha. Just five minutes later, the family was informed that he was “not breathing”.
She was pronounced dead on arrival at a nearby hospital. Although the facility is only 10 minutes away, Sharma’s family says her death was the result of deliberately delayed medical treatment.
“They reportedly reached the hospital only around 11.30 pm,” Major Sharma said.
