Twisha Sharma death case: Bhopal court sends Samarth and Giribala Singh to 14-day judicial custody

Samarth Singh, husband of Twish Sharma, being taken out of the CBI office by officials in connection with the Twish Sharma death case in Bhopal on June 2, 2026. | Photo credit: ANI

A court in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) sent Twish Sharma’s husband Samarth Singh and mother-in-law, retired judge Giribala Singh, to 14-day judicial custody after their Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody ended.

The CBI has produced both the accused before a local court in connection with the 33-year-old model’s death and dowry harassment case. During their detention, the agency interrogated them in detail, used a Twisha Sharma life-size dummy to recreate the sequence of events at their residence, and sent digital evidence for forensic examination.

The CBI also told the court that it is seeking judicial remand for Ms. Giribala Singh and her son as it will now proceed to record the statements of other people and witnesses connected to the case, and that it will again seek remand of the two accused if necessary. They will be in judicial custody until June 16.

Twisha Sharma was found dead at her matrimonial home in Bhopal’s Katara Hills on the night of May 12. Her family accused her husband and mother-in-law of psychological harassment, physical abuse and dowry demands.

The investigation into the case was initiated by the Bhopal police with a first information report filed on 15 May, but was later handed over to the CBI on 25 May after the victim’s family alleged several procedural errors and institutional bias by the local authorities.

Ms Giribala Singh, a retired district judge, herself presented her case in court and alleged procedural irregularities by the CBI, expressing fears of a repeat of the sequence of events on Monday (June 1, 2026).

She was dropped a few houses from her doorstep after which CBI officers and the accused went to her residence, she said.

The CBI barricaded the area around the residence of the accused on Monday. Agency personnel and the police had a tough time taking Ms Giribal Singh away after arresting her on May 28, with dozens of media outlets stationed outside the residence.

While Ms. Giribala Singh claimed that there was a “media trial” in the case, she also objected to several media outlets getting access to footage of a recreation of the sequence of events that took place on the terrace of her residence where Twisha Sharma was found hanged.

Various cameramen managed to record parts of the exercise from the roofs of a neighboring building.

Ms Giribala Singh also alleged that the media was “stalking” her and her son and that their lives were “in danger”, prompting the court to grant them protection.

“The allegation they (accused’s side) raised was that when the CBI last produced them in the court, Samarth had injured his leg because of some media. The court has considered the complaint and both the accused have been given proper remand protection,” advocate Ankur Pandey representing Twisha Sharma’s family told reporters.

About a week before her arrest, Ms. Singh herself held press conferences and made public appearances in the media where she accused her daughter-in-law of being a drug addict and a mental patient, besides accusing her parents of “pushing her into the glamor world at an early age, making money off her and later abandoning her.”

Ms. Singh also alleged that her son, Mr. Samarth Singh, was physically assaulted by some lawyers of the Twisha Sharma family at the Jabalpur court premises on the day he was nabbed by the police.

Advocate Anurag Shrivastava, representing the victim’s family, denied the allegation in court and said the allegation could be verified from the CCTV footage of the Jabalpur court premises.

“The CBI has filed an application saying it needs to interview several persons and record the statements of many witnesses. The agency also informed the court that all the digital material seized during the investigation has been sent for forensic examination. The CBI is awaiting the forensic report as well as the second post-mortem report,” Mr. Shrivastava said later while talking to reporters.

Published – 02 Jun 2026 15:12 IST