Giribala Singh was produced before the Bhopal District Court on Friday, where the Central Bureau of Investigation sought her custodial interrogation as part of its expanding investigation into the alleged dowry death case.
The development comes hours after the Madhya Pradesh high court quashed the anticipatory bail granted to Giribala Singh in connection with the case.
The Supreme Court’s transfer of the Twisha Sharma death case to the CBI has intensified scrutiny, with fresh hearings and bail challenges now shaping the investigation.
The CBI team will formally take charge of the investigation from the Madhya Pradesh police later today.
The Supreme Court voiced concern over competing public narratives in the Twisha Sharma case and said the investigation must proceed without media influence as the CBI prepares to step in.
The top court registered the suo motu case over "Alleged Institutional Bias and Procedural Discrepancies in the Unnatural Death of a Young Woman at her Matrimonial Home".
Samarth Singh, an advocate by profession, is accused of harassing his deceased wife Twisha for dowry along with his mother Giribala Singh, a retired judge.
The Madhya Pradesh government on Friday officially handed over the investigation of the Twisha Sharma death case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Twisha Sharma death case: His arrest came shortly after he arrived at the Jabalpur court, wearing a mask.
The second post-mortem of Twisha Sharma's body will be carried out by a team of doctors at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
