Bhopal court remands retired judge and son to CBI custody

A Bhopal court has remanded retired judge Giribala Singh and her son, Samarth Singh, to the custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for five days until June 2. The order follows the arrest of Giribala Singh by the CBI after the Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed the anticipatory bail previously granted to her in connection with the death of her daughter-in-law, Twisha Sharma.

The 33-year-old Sharma, a former model and actor from Noida, was found deceased at her matrimonial home in Bhopal on May 12. While her husband's family stated she died by suicide, her own family has alleged she was subjected to dowry harassment and murdered. The case was transferred to the CBI from the Madhya Pradesh Police amid allegations of investigative lapses and potential evidence tampering.

In a 17-page order, Justice Devanarayan Mishra of the Madhya Pradesh High Court canceled the anticipatory bail granted to Giribala Singh by a sessions court on May 15. The High Court noted her non-cooperation with investigators despite several notices and referenced WhatsApp chats that indicated mental harassment of the deceased. The court also observed that a postmortem report showed Sharma had...