Husband sent to police custody; AIIMS Delhi team to fly to Bhopal for second autopsy
NEW DELHI/BHOPAL, May 23: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case involving the death of Twisha Sharma on May 25, following allegations of investigative lapses in the suspected dowry death.
A bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant will hear the matter.
The development follows a petition from the victim’s family, who have raised concerns over the initial probe and are seeking a second post-mortem examination.
Twisha’s husband, advocate Samarth Singh, who is the accused in the case, has reportedly expressed his willingness to surrender before the trial court through his lawyer.
Meanwhile, a local court on Saturday remanded Samarth Singh in police custody for seven days, while his mother and co-accused Giribala Singh said the police were yet to contact her for recording her statement in the high-profile case.
A four-member team of doctors from AIIMS Delhi was slated to fly to Bhopal in the evening to conduct a second autopsy of Twisha Sharma following the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s order.
Samarth Singh, who had been absconding for ten days after an FIR was registered against him and his mother following Twisha’s death by hanging, was arrested on Friday evening after he reached the Jabalpur district court premises to surrender. He had withdrawn his pre-arrest bail petition filed in the Madhya Pradesh High Court earlier.
He was taken to Bhopal in the wee hours of Saturday and produced before Judicial Magistrate First Class Anudita Gupta who sent him in police custody for seven days. His lawyer also handed over his passport to the court.
Twisha Sharma, 33, was found hanging at her matrimonial home in Bhopal’s Katara Hills area on May 12, following which an FIR was registered against her husband Samarth Singh who is a lawyer, and her mother-in-law and former district judge Giribala Singh for alleged harassment for dowry.
Giribala Singh, who is currently the chairperson of the Bhopal District Consumer Court, on Saturday said she would be happy to record her statement, but Bhopal Police had not reached out to her so far. She could not step out of her house owing to the chaotic situation outside, she said, apparently referring to the presence of mediapersons. (Agencies)
