Twisha Sharma Death Case: CBI Files 636-page chargesheet, Husband And Mother-in-law Booked For Abetment To Suicide
CBI chargesheet against Twisha Sharma's husband Samarth Singh and mother-in-law Giribala Singh reconstructs her final hours through messages and CCTV, alleging cruelty drove her to suicide, with forensic and dowry probes still ongoing.
Mental Cruelty Drove Twisha Sharma to Suicide, Alleges CBI Chargesheet Against Husband, Mother-in-Law
The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a 636-page chargesheet reconstructing the final hours of Twisha Sharma, accusing husband Samarth Singh and former judge, mother-in-law Giribala Singh of subjecting her to sustained mental cruelty and abetting her suicide.
The chargesheet, filed on August 17 before a special court in Bhopal, draws on WhatsApp messages, phone records, CCTV footage, medical records, counselling notes and financial documents to piece together the events leading to Twisha's death on the night of May 12 at her Bhopal home. Samarth and Giribala have been booked under Sections 85, 108 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (Corresponding to 498-A, 306 and 34 of IPC).
According to the CBI, Twisha, former Miss Pune and actor, met Samarth on a dating application in February 2025 and married him that December. The agency alleges that after the wedding, Samarth repeatedly made sexually derogatory remarks and raised objections over relationships Twisha had disclosed before marriage, while Giribala routinely sided with her son whenever Twisha protested. The marriage deteriorated sharply through March and April 2026, a period that included pressure on Twisha to return to Bhopal while her father was recovering from a heart attack, and a dispute over roughly Rs 20 lakh in her personal investments that the accused allegedly wanted moved into a joint account. She refused, saying the money belonged to her father.
Twisha discovered she was pregnant on April 16, and the chargesheet describes the pregnancy as unplanned, with Twisha uncertain about continuing it given Samarth's alleged conduct. After an argument on April 17, she left the matrimonial home, and on May 6 she rejoined her previous job and took the first dose of medication to terminate the pregnancy, telling her mother that her life had become "hell." Giribala, the chargesheet says, wanted the termination reversed, but doctors said this was not possible. On May 8, Twisha took the second dose and experienced pain and bleeding, which the CBI says Samarth dismissed as "drama." She later told her sister-in-law that Giribala had called her a "murderer" three times over the abortion, and told her mother that Samarth had questioned whether the pregnancy was even his.
On May 12, Twisha decided to leave Bhopal for good and booked a train ticket to Nasirabad. That morning, she and Samarth attended a counselling session, after which the couple returned home. She visited a beauty parlour and returned by 6:11 p.m. By 9:20 p.m., she was on a call with sister-in-law Rashi Abrol, crying, and alleged that Samarth turned "aggressive and violent" after she asked him to sleep in another room because of her back pain. At 9:36 p.m., she sent Rashi a message: "Ask him to collect leftover of his wife. But tomorrow. Let me die in peace right now." CCTV footage cited in the chargesheet allegedly shows her walking towards the terrace four minutes later. She also called her parents, telling them she was frightened and asking them to come immediately.
Around 10:16 p.m., CCTV allegedly shows Giribala heading to Twisha's room after failing to reach her, followed by Giribala and Samarth heading towards the terrace at 10:23 p.m. Twisha was carried downstairs and taken to AIIMS Bhopal, where she was declared dead at 10:55 p.m.
A second postmortem, ordered by the Madhya Pradesh High Court after her family raised concerns, confirmed asphyxia due to ante-mortem hanging and found no injuries suggesting physical assault. The CBI's case rests on cruelty rather than physical violence, citing a forensic psychological assessment of Twisha's diaries that allegedly showed prolonged hopelessness leaving her with "no choice except to end her life."
The investigation remains open. The CBI is awaiting forensic extraction of Twisha's iPhone, has sent a DVR from the accused's residence to the CFSL in Delhi to check for tampering, and has sought voice samples of Samarth and Giribala for comparison. It has also sought permission to continue probing dowry allegations under Section 193(9) of the BNSS.
Background
The case relates to the death of 33-year-old Twisha Sharma, a former model and actor, who was found dead at her matrimonial home on the night of May 12, less than five months after her wedding to Samarth Singh. While her in-laws maintained she died by suicide, her family alleged she was murdered, pointing to what they described as continuous harassment over dowry demands.
An FIR was registered two days later, naming both Samarth and Giribala Singh, and the Supreme Court subsequently took suo motu cognisance of the matter, transferring the investigation to the CBI over concerns that a serving judicial officer's family being probed by local police could dent public confidence in the justice system.