Twisha Sharma Case: Supreme Court Warns Against ‘Media Narrative’

The Supreme Court on Monday told the family of former actor-model Twisha Sharma, who was found dead on May 12, and her in-laws to not speak to the media during the ongoing probe. Twisha, 33, was found hanging at her matrimonial home in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal, with her family accusing her husband, Samarth Singh, a lawyer, and mother-in-law Giribala Singh, a former district judge, of dowry harassment and abetment to suicide. The Singh family has rejected the allegations and claimed she suffered from drug addiction. The Supreme Court, which on Saturday took suo motu cognisance of the Twisha's death case, citing alleged institutional bias and procedural irregularities, said both families were going to the media "unnecessarily". A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi also urged media to observe restraint while reporting developments in the case.