3 min readUpdated: May 23, 2026 12:39 PM IST
After a chaotic court appearance in Jabalpur a day earlier, Samarth Singh, the husband of deceased model and actor Twisha Sharma, was formally arrested by the Bhopal police on Saturday, with investigators preparing to seek seven days of police remand for custodial interrogation in the alleged dowry death case.
Confirming the arrest, Assistant Commissioner of Police Rajnish Kashyap said, “Our team has arrested Samarth Singh from Jabalpur. We will produce him before the court today. A press conference will be held at 1 pm by the Police Commissioner. We will seek a seven-day remand.”
The arrest came less than 24 hours after dramatic scenes unfolded at the Jabalpur district court complex, where Samarth appeared wearing a mask, cap and sunglasses in an apparent attempt to surrender after absconding for nearly 10 days.
The appearance triggered confusion and commotion inside the court premises as police personnel, lawyers and media gathered around the accused, whose whereabouts had remained unknown since registration of the dowry death FIR following Twisha’s death at her matrimonial home in Bhopal.
Police sources said Samarth was eventually taken into custody by the Jabalpur police and later handed over to a Bhopal police team that had rushed to the city after receiving information about his presence in court.
Samarth had been on the run since his anticipatory bail plea was rejected by the sessions court. During this period, the Bhopal police first announced a reward of Rs 10,000 for information leading to his arrest before later increasing it to Rs 30,000.
His surrender attempt came a day after the Madhya Pradesh High Court heard a batch of connected petitions in the case, including pleas seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to his mother Giribala Singh, and a request for a second postmortem of Twisha Sharma by her family. The court has allowed the plea for a second autopsy.
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During those proceedings, Samarth’s counsel informed the high court that he intended to surrender before the trial court. The court observed that the proper legal course available to an accused fearing custodial torture was either to surrender before the investigating officer or before the competent trial court.
Meanwhile, the Madhya Pradesh government has opposed anticipatory bail granted to Giribala Singh, alleging before the high court that she tampered with evidence, leaked selective CCTV footage from the house to social media and repeatedly failed to cooperate with investigators despite notices issued by police.
Twisha, 33, was found dead at her matrimonial home less than six months after her marriage. While the postmortem conducted at AIIMS Bhopal concluded that the cause of death was “asphyxia due to antemortem hanging by ligature,” her family has consistently alleged murder, destruction of evidence and manipulation of the probe.
