Twisha Sharma's husband Samarth, mother-in-law Giribala deny refusing voice samples
The husband of the model-actress Twisha Sharma, who died by suicide at her matrimonial home in May, refuted the CBI's allegation that he had refused
The husband of the model-actress Twisha Sharma, who died by suicide at her matrimonial home in May, refuted the CBI's allegation that he had refused to provide a voice sample for examination. Samarth Singh's lawyer claimed that he had only sought clarifications regarding the transcript given to him for the exercise and that the central agency had wrongly informed the court otherwise. Read Full Story According to Samarth's counsel, the CBI told the court that he had declined to provide his voice sample during the investigation. However, he maintained that Samarth never refused to cooperate and had merely raised certain questions about the text he was asked to read. His lawyer alleged that instead of addressing those concerns, the agency wrongly conveyed to the court that he had refused to provide the sample. Twisha Sharma, a 33-year-old former model and e Miss Pune, was found hanging at her matrimonial home in Bhopal.
Following allegations from her family of severe dowry-related harassment, mental abuse and domestic violence, the CBI took over the probe and arrested her husband, advocate Samarth Singh, as well as her mother-in-law, retired district judge Giribala Singh. Giribala Singh also disputed any suggestion of non-cooperation and her advocate, Enosh George, told the court that she had already provided her voice sample on three occasions. "We have not refused to give a voice sample. Giribala Singh has given her voice sample three times," George said. Meanwhile, a court-ordered second autopsy and a final forensic report by AIIMS Delhi, received two days ago, confirmed that a gymnastics belt with a metal ring was the ligature used for the hanging, as it perfectly matched the injury marks on her neck and contained traces of her skin tissue. According to sources familiar with the findings, laboratory and histopathological examinations detected skin tissue on the gymnastics belt, corresponding with the ligature mark and injury pattern observed during the second autopsy.
"The medical board deliberated very minutely on the case from all possible angles, taking into consideration all available national and international journals for almost one month before giving a detailed opinion with scientific justification. It is a crystal-clear opinion for the CBI and for the judiciary in the interest of truth and justice," news agency PTI quoted Dr Sudhir Gupta, Head of Forensic Medicine at AIIMS Delhi, as saying. According to the FIR, Samarth Singh took Twisha to AIIMS Bhopal on the night of May 12 and claimed that she had hanged herself at home around 10.20 pm. A doctor later informed the police that she had been brought dead to the hospital, following which a medico-legal case was registered. Twisha's family has alleged that she was subjected to mental harassment, domestic violence and dowry-related pressure by her husband and in-laws.
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