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A tribunal successful Bhopal connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026) extended by 14 days the judicial custody of precocious model Twisha Sharma's husband, Samarth Singh and mother-in-law and former justice Giribala Singh, some accused of dowry harassment.
Ankur Pandey, the lawyer representing Twisha's family, told PTI that some accused joined the hearing, which was held successful the tribunal of Judge Shobhana Bhalave, virtually. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had sought an hold of judicial custody until June 30, which the tribunal accepted. Both accused are presently lodged successful the Bhopal Central Jail.
Twisha was recovered dormant successful her marital location successful Bhopal connected May 12. Amid allegations of lapses successful the probe, the probe was referred to the CBI. On June 2, the tribunal remanded some accused to judicial custody for 14 days till June 16.
Twisha's archetypal post-mortem study said her decease was caused owed to "antemortem hanging by ligature" and her assemblage bore "multiple antemortem injuries (simple successful quality imaginable by blunt unit implicit different parts of the assemblage person been noted)".
After receiving the post-mortem study and signaling the connection of household members of Twisha, a erstwhile actor-model, the constabulary registered the FIR connected May 15.
In their statements, Twisha's household members had alleged that she was tormented by her in-laws, who were not satisfied with the dowry paid astatine the clip of matrimony connected December 9, 2025.
They had accused her in-laws of intelligence torture and home violence, and pushing the 33-year-old to instrumentality the utmost step.
In the connection fixed to the constabulary astatine the clip of filing the FIR, Twisha's household said she had spoken to her parent astatine 9.41 pm.
During the call, her hubby was heard shouting, and the telephone was abruptly disconnected, the FIR citing the connection alleged. After repeated calls, Giribala Singh picked up the telephone and told Twisha's sister-in-law that "she is nary more" and chopped the call, it is alleged.
