3 min readBhopalMay 23, 2026 03:18 PM IST
With model and actor Twisha Sharma’s husband Samarth Singh managing to evade the police for nearly 10 days before being taken into custody from a court in Jabalpur on Friday, the Bhopal police on Saturday said action would be taken against anyone found to have sheltered him. Samarth, a lawyer, and his mother, retired judge Giribala Singh, are accused in an alleged dowry death case.
Addressing reporters after Samarth’s arrest, Bhopal Police Commissioner Sanjay Kumar said police would seek seven days of custodial interrogation and investigate the people who may have helped him avoid arrest.
“First, his medical will be done, and we will seven-day police remand from the court to interrogate him further,” Kumar said. “If it is found that someone offered him shelter during this time, action would be taken against them.”
“He had reached the Jabalpur court to surrender, during which, our team took him into custody with the help of Jabalpur police,” Kumar said.
The arrest came after days of mounting criticism over the Bhopal police’s inability to trace Samarth. Police had announced a reward of Rs 10,000 for information leading to his arrest before later increasing it to Rs 30,000.
Police are expected to question him regarding the sequence of events leading up to Twisha’s death, allegations of dowry harassment, handling of the crime scene, and disputed electronic evidence that has become central to the investigation, officials said.
The arrest comes amid escalating legal and political pressure in the case, which has already seen the Madhya Pradesh government transfer the probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Madhya Pradesh High Court order a second postmortem by a team of experts from AIIMS Delhi.
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The police commissioner confirmed that the second postmortem would be conducted at AIIMS Bhopal by the AIIMS Delhi team in compliance with the court’s directions.
Kumar said police were continuing efforts to question Giribala, against whom both the state government and Twisha’s family have sought cancellation of anticipatory bail.
“We have sent her three notices so far,” he said. The state government has accused her of tampering with evidence, leaking selected CCTV footage to social media, and failing to cooperate with investigators.
