Twisha Sharma, a former actor-model, died by suicide in May this year. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge sheet alleging that her husband, Samarth Singh, and her mother-in-law, Giribala Singh, a former district judge, subjected her to prolonged mental abuse leading up to her death.
The investigation highlights the severe impact of domestic abuse on mental health, sparking discussions about the need for greater awareness and support for victims.
The second autopsy, conducted by a four-member team from AIIMS Delhi, confirmed ante-mortem hanging as the cause of death. The doctors at AIIMS informed the police that she was brought in dead to the hospital. After the initial police probe and a second autopsy ordered by the Madhya Pradesh high court to clear doubts and address the family’s allegations of lapses in the first autopsy performed by AIIMS Bhopal, CBI took over the probe and arrested Samarth and Giribala.
Twisha, 33, was found dead under suspicious circumstances at her marital home in Bhopal on May 12, just five months after her marriage to Samarth, who is also a lawyer. In the FIR, it was alleged that Samarth had taken her to AIIMS Bhopal, where he claimed that she hanged herself at home at 10.20 pm.
But tomorrow. Let me die in peace right now.” At 9.20pm, shortly before her death, Twisha messaged her sister-in-law, saying: “Ask him (Samarth Singh) to collect left over of his wife, according to the charge sheet.
“During investigation it has been established that accused Giribala and Samarth Singh have committed offences punishable under sections 85 (cruelty and harassment caused by husband and his family members), 108 (abetment of suicide), and 3(5) (common intention) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in connection with the death of Twisha Sharma,” the charge sheet said.
The agency has kept the probe open into claims of dowry demands and dowry death.
In its nearly 600-page charge sheet filed before a special court in Bhopal on August 14, CBI has accused Samarth and Giribala Singh of “sustained psychological harm” on Twisha and charged them with abetment to suicide.
