New Delhi:The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested Giribala Singh, the mother-in-law of 33-year-old Noida woman Twisha Sharma, who was found dead at her marital home in Bhopal earlier this month. The arrest came hours after aCBI teamreached Giribala Singh’s residence in Bhopal’s Katara Hills area and conducted searches and questioning. She was later taken into custody after the Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed the anticipatory bail earlier granted to her by a sessions court.

Police have registered a case under Sections 80(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (dowry death), 85 (cruelty by husband or relatives), and 3(5) (joint criminal liability), along with relevant provisions of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

For the unversed, Twisha Sharma was found hanging at her husband’s residence on May 12, barely five months after her marriage. Her family has alleged dowry harassment, mental torture and foul play, accusing husband Samarth Singh and mother-in-law Giribala Singh of cruelty and abetment.

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The case triggered widespread outrage after allegations surfaced that influential connections were being used to weaken the investigation. The Madhya Pradesh government later recommended a CBI probe, which was acknowledged by the Supreme Court while stressing the need for a fair and impartial investigation.

In its order cancelling Giribala Singh’s anticipatory bail, the Madhya Pradesh High Court observed that witness statements and WhatsApp chats indicated the allegations were not restricted to Twisha’s husband alone. The court also noted that the trial court had failed to properly consider the material placed before it while granting relief to the retired judge.

The probe has also focused on allegations of evidence tampering. Earlier, the MP government informed the high court that Giribala Singh allegedly attempted to interfere with evidence linked to the case. Questions were also raised over calls allegedly made to influential individuals and CCTV technicians soon after Twisha’s death.

Following her arrest, Giribala Singh was taken for medical examination to the MANIT campus in Bhopal. Both she and Samarth Singh are expected to be produced before a court on Friday. Sources said the accused are currently being kept under tight security at the MANIT guest house camp office.

The CBI has now begun digitally reconstructing Twisha Sharma’s final hours inside the three-floor Katara Hills residence using what officials described as a “tunnel view” investigation approach.

Sources said officers from the agency’s Special Crime-III unit are analysing CCTV footage, mobile phone records, Wi-Fi logs, call detail records and forensic mapping of different rooms in the house to create a minute-by-minute virtual timeline.

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