Twisha Sharma death case: Samarth, Giribala Singh in CBI custody till June 2

Samarth Singh and former judge Giribala Singh were produced in a Bhopal court on 29 May 2026 in connection with the Twisha Sharma death and dowry harassment case. | Photo credit: AM Faruqui

A Bhopal court on Friday (May 29, 2026) sent Twisha Sharma’s husband Samarth Singh and her mother-in-law retired judge Giribala Singh to the custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for five days, a day after the latter was arrested in connection with the death of a 33-year-old man and harassment.

The CBI produced the two accused before Justice Shobhana Bhalaw’s court to remand them for questioning. The court allowed the CBI to remand them till June 2. Before that, they were both taken for medical examinations.

The CBI now plans to interrogate the two accused in detail and verify their claims, especially about the events leading to Twisha’s death.

Mr. Singh was arrested on May 22 by the Bhopal police SIT after being on the run for more than a week and his custody was handed over to the CBI after it took over the case. Ms Singh was arrested by the central agency on Thursday (May 28) after a six-hour investigation and questioning at her residence in Bhopal, a day after the Madhya Pradesh High Court canceled her anticipatory bail.

Twisha Sharma was found dead in her matrimonial home on the night of May 12, after which her family allegedly suffered mental harassment and demanded dowry from her in-laws. Ms Singh, on the other hand, denied the allegations and accused her daughter-in-law of being addicted to the contraband substance, claiming she suffers from mental illness.

Advocate Anurag Shrivastava, the lawyer for the victim’s family, said that the investigation in the case is now moving in the right direction and that the “real facts” will now come out.

“They (CBI) said ‘we only arrested Giribal Singh yesterday and we need both (accused) for detailed investigation and interrogation. So they asked for their custody till June 2 (June),” Ms Shrivastava said while talking to reporters.

“The defendant’s defense attorneys did not object because they have nothing to object to. The High Court, while canceling her preliminary bail, also took note of the necessity of her interrogation in custody,” he said.

Ms. Singh was granted anticipatory bail by a local Bhopal court on May 15, just hours after the police filed an FIR in the case.

The High Court, however, set aside the local court’s order, noting that the various injuries on the victim’s body, including one on the head, were antemortem injuries sustained before death.

The High Court said the trial court failed to consider several facts when it granted anticipatory bail, including that the charges were not against Mr Singh alone.

“It is further stated that after receiving anticipatory bail, the respondent is not cooperating with the investigating agency, though several notices have been issued to her to record her statement and cooperate with the agency,” single judge Devnarayan Mishra observed.

Meanwhile, the report of the second high court-ordered autopsy conducted on Twisha’s body by an expert panel at AIIMS New Delhi is still awaited. The victim was cremated in Bhopal on 24 May.

Published – 29 May 2026 15:09 IST