Hans News Service Jabalpur

TheMadhya Pradesh High Court on Friday permitted a second postmortem of Twisha Sharma, the Noida woman who was allegedly harassed for dowry and died last week, her family members said. Samarth Singh, the absconding husband of Twisha who was allegedly harassed for dowry, on Friday withdrew his anticipatory bail application filed in the Madhya Pradesh High Court. The HC has allowed the petition filed by Twisha’s father Navnidhi Sharma, their lawyer Ankur Pandey told PTI. He said the high court has directed the state government to make arrangements for a team of doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, to be flown to Bhopal. The family approached the high court two days after a lower court turned down their plea for a second autopsy.

Twisha was found hanging at her marital home in Bhopal’s Katara Hills area on May 12. The family of the 33-year-old model turned actor accused her in-laws of pushing their daughter to death.

Her in-laws claim she was addicted to drugs. While her postmortem was done at AIIMS Bhopal, her family had sought a second autopsy, citing discrepancies. Two days ago, Judicial Magistrate First Class Anudita Gupta in Bhopal rejected the family’s plea, stating that the conscience of the court must be satisfied to order a re-postmortem. High Court issued notice to ex-judge Giribala Singh, booked for the death of her daughter-in-law Twisha Sharma allegedly due to dowry harassment, on pleas seeking cancellation of her anticipatory bail in the case. Twisha Sharma’s father Navnidhi Sharma and the MP government have filed pleas in the HC seeking quashing of the anticipatory bail given to Giribala Singh by a Bhopal court. The single bench of Justice Avanindra Kumar Singh has fixed the hearing in the case for May 25. The government proposed to transfer the case involving Twisha Sharma, the Noida woman who was allegedly harassed for dowry and died last week, to the Central Bureau of Investigation, officials said. The notification has been issued by Home Department Secretary Krishnaveni Desavatu, an official said. “It is proposed to transfer the investigation of the case registered at Katara Hills Police Station under Sections 80 (2), 85, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, regarding the dowry death incident that occurred on May 12, 2026, to the Central Bureau of Investigation,” the notification said.