Family members of late Twisha Sharma on Friday welcomed the Madhya Pradesh government’s decision to recommend a CBI probe into her death case, while claiming that the delay in the investigation was influenced by the “power and influence of the accused”.
Reacting to this development, Lokesh Sharma, Twisha Sharma’s uncle, said the state government had taken a step towards justice, though he felt the move should have come earlier.
“We welcome this. The Madhya Pradesh government has now taken a step towards justice for the victims, a step that should have been taken much earlier. We thank the MP government for that,” he told ANI.
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Twisha’s cousin, Ashish Sharma, while speaking to ANI, alleged that the delay in the investigation was caused due to the influence of the accused and demanded that those who allegedly helped them be held accountable.
He said: “It is very clear that this delay was due to their power and influence. The government will have to find out who are the people who continued to help the perpetrators even after the crime. It is the hard work of the people who worked to get justice for Tawisha. We are grateful to the officers for this decision but the delay will always hurt us. This should not happen to anyone else. Action must be taken in a timely manner. The law should stand for justice, not for the rich or the powerful.”
Ashish Sharma described it as a long legal battle and said, “We will be optimistic as long as people continue to fight for justice for Toysha. This is a long battle.”
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Earlier, Bhopal Police Commissioner Sanjay Kumar also said that the police had approached the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail. “We are working to arrest the main accused and have also filed a petition in the Supreme Court to cancel anticipatory bail,” Kumar said.
“We have issued three notices to her (Twisha’s mother-in-law, Gribala Singh) and since she did not cooperate, we have filed a petition in the Supreme Court today to cancel anticipatory bail,” Kumar told reporters.
This development came after the Madhya Pradesh government recommended a CBI probe into the Twisha Sharma death case and granted approval to the agency to take up the probe.
Meanwhile, Twisha Sharma’s mother-in-law, Gribala Singh, was seen leaving her residence in Bhopal with her lawyer Enush George, who appeared agitated while answering reporters’ questions related to the case.
Twisha Sharma, a resident of Noida, married Samarth Singh, a resident of Bhopal, in December 2025. After her death on May 12, her family alleged that she was subjected to mental torture and dowry harassment by her husband and in-laws.
