Twisha Sharma's autopsy raises more questions, family demands second post mortem

Key points

• The post-mortem report of 31-year-old Twisha Sharma, the daughter-in-law of a retired judge who was found dead at her marital home in Bhopal earlier this month, has revealed the presence of two distinct hanging marks on her neck, even as police maintained that the case was one of suicide.
• According to findings from the autopsy report, Twisha’s neck bore two parallel marks caused by pressure from the hanging material used in the incident.
• The marks, each around 2 cm wide, were described as reddish-patterned abrasions running upward across both sides of the neck and located above the thyroid region.
• Doctors also noted congestion and blood infiltration in the neck tissues.
• Read Full Story The report concluded that the cause of death appeared to be “asphyxia as a result of ante-mortem hanging”, indicating that she was alive at the time of hanging.