New Delhi. The apex court has currently stayed the hearing going on in the Bhopal Sessions Court in the case of model Twisha Sharma's death under suspicious circumstances. Actually, Twisha's father Navnidhi Sharma has filed a petition in the Supreme Court demanding transfer of the case from Bhopal to Delhi court. Hearing the same petition of Navnidhi Sharma, the apex court stayed the trial of the lower court till further orders and gave time to the defendants to file their reply. Navnidhi Sharma, in his petition, has demanded to transfer the case from Bhopal to Delhi, arguing to ensure fair and equitable hearing of the case.
Twisha Sharma's body was found hanging under suspicious circumstances on the night of May 12 at her in-laws' house in Katara Hills area of Bhopal. Twisha's parents accused her in-laws of murder. Whereas the in-laws are calling it suicide. Twisha's body was post-mortemed twice. Following the order of Madhya Pradesh High Court, a four-member team of specialist doctors from Delhi AIIMS conducted the second post-mortem of Twisha's body. On May 14, on the complaint of Twisha's parents, the police had registered a case against Twisha's mother-in-law, retired Giribala Singh, and husband advocate Samarth Singh.
CBI is investigating this matter. Giribala Singh got anticipatory bail from the court. However, Giribala's anticipatory bail was later rejected by the Madhya Pradesh High Court. On May 28, CBI arrested Giribala Singh, since then he is in jail. Giribala Singh is accused of destroying evidence and not cooperating in the investigation. After Twisha's death, her husband Samarth had absconded, although later he also surrendered.