The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against former Bhopal judge Giribala Singh and her son Samarth Singh in connection with the death of former model Twisha Sharma. The CBI accused the mother-son duo of abetment of suicide, mental cruelty, common intent, and demanding dowry. Twisha was married to Samarth.
The over 650-page chargesheet levels charges against the two under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Dowry Prohibition Act. According to the CBI, Ms. Giribala used to instigate Samarth to cause mental cruelty to Twisha, while he resorted to character assassination and abused her several times with derogatory words over her past relationships.
Investigation revealed that both the accused persons had caused mental cruelty to the deceased to such an extent that the deceased was not left with any choice except to end her life. Twisha, 34, a former model and an MBA graduate, was found dead under suspicious circumstances at her marital home in Bhopal’s Katara Hills area on the night of May 12, just five months after marrying Mr. Samarth, a lawyer, on December 9, 2025. Her family accused her husband and mother-in-law of mental harassment, physical abuse, and dowry demands.
Twisha was continuously subjected to mental cruelty by both the accused after she refused to transfer her investment worth about ₹20 lakh to a joint account with her husband. The accused also harassed and taunted Twisha after she lost her job. The deceased informed her parents that she found that she is all the time under surveillance by both the accused persons at her matrimonial home.
The two accused are in judicial custody and are currently lodged in Bhopal jail. Following the family’s allegations of institutional bias against the Bhopal Police, the case was handed over to the CBI. The Madhya Pradesh High Court also ordered a second post-mortem by a medical board of AIIMS, Delhi, after the family raised objections at the autopsy examination conducted at AIIMS, Bhopal.
