Twisha Sharma Case: A Divorce, Rs 25 Lakh & A 'Gag Order' — Giribala's First Bahu Has A Story She Can't Tell
Twisha Sharma Case: A Divorce, Rs 25 Lakh & A 'Gag Order' — Giribala's First Bahu Has A Story She Can't Tell Published By, Edited
Twisha Sharma Case: A Divorce, Rs 25 Lakh & A 'Gag Order' — Giribala's First Bahu Has A Story She Can't Tell Published By, Edited By Last Updated: June 17, 2026, 09:32 IST Giribala Singh's first daughter-in-law says she is bound by legal agreement and cannot speak. She is watching Twisha's case closely. Read on to find out what the documents reveal. Twisha Sharma Case: Inside jail, Giribala alleged, newspapers reaching inmates had all reports about her case quietly cut out. As the CBI investigation into the death of actor-model Twisha Sharma enters a critical phase, a woman who was once part of the same household at the centre of the probe is watching from the shadows — bound, she says, by a gag order that prevents her from speaking about her marriage, her former mother-in-law retired judge Giribala Singh, or the family. MoJo Story has spoken to the former daughter-in-law of Giribala Singh — the e wife of the retired judge’s elder son, Squadron Leader Siddharth Singh — but is withholding her identity due to legal sensitivities and her own stated fear of speaking publicly. Her silence, in many ways, has become the loudest signal in this already deeply layered case. The woman’s brief statement to MoJo Story was striking in its restraint: “I’m closely following Twisha’s case. But I cannot be involved unless court summons me for testimony." This comes even as a Bhopal court this week extended the judicial custody of Twisha’s husband Samarth Singh and his mother Giribala Singh — both accused in the case — till June 30, with the CBI citing a probe still at a “crucial stage," pending AIIMS Delhi post-mortem findings, forensic analysis of digital devices, and key witness statements yet to be recorded.
Who Is This Woman, And What Do The Documents Show? According to documents accessed by MoJo Story, Giribala Singh’s elder son Squadron Leader Siddharth Singh and his then-wife were granted a mutual consent divorce in 2024, after nearly six years of marriage. The judgment notes that the couple had been living separately for almost two years, citing ideological differences as the reason for the breakdown. The court record also shows that both parties had voluntarily sought the divorce with no dispute between them — and that Siddharth had paid his former wife Rs 25 lakh as permanent alimony, after which she can make no future financial claims against him. On paper, it reads as a clean, amicable parting of ways. If The Divorce Was Amicable, Why The Gag Order? This is the central question MoJo Story raises — and it is a significant one. If the separation was mutual, if there was no dispute between the parties, and if ideological differences were cited as the only reason for the split, then why does the former daughter-in-law say she is bound by a legal agreement that prevents her from speaking publicly? Why does she fear talking about Giribala and her family even after the divorce has been settled and the alimony paid? The nature of this “understanding" — whether it forms part of the divorce settlement itself or is a separate arrangement — has not been disclosed. But the fact that she invoked it when contacted by journalists probing a suspected dowry death case raises questions that go well beyond a routine divorce proceeding. What Has The Supreme Court Said? The Supreme Court last month disposed of suo motu proceedings it had initiated over alleged institutional bias and procedural discrepancies in the Twisha Sharma investigation.
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