Setback Twisha Sharma's parents in 'suicide' case: Court denies permission for 2nd post-mortem; family meets MP CM

NEW DELHI: A Bhopal court on Wednesday denied permission for a second post-mortem in the death case of Twisha Sharma, the daughter-in-law of a retired judge, though it directed police to preserve her body.Advocate Ankur Pandey said the family’s plea for a fresh autopsy and body preservation was only partly accepted. Meanwhile, according to ANI sources, the Madhya Pradesh government will write to the CBI seeking an investigation into the case and may facilitate transport of the body to AIIMS Delhi if requested by the family. Meanwhile, the family of Twisha met with Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav.Also read: Cops 'request' family to take Twisha Sharma's 'decomposing' bodyTwisha, who was found hanging at her marital home on May 12, had her post-mortem conducted at AIIMS Bhopal. Police have booked her husband Samarth Singh and mother-in-law Giribala Singh on charges of dowry death and harassment.Her family, which hails from Noida, has alleged serious lapses in the investigation and demanded a fresh autopsy by an independent medical board. In their plea before the court, they claimed that material allegedly used in the hanging was not provided during the first post-mortem examination and questioned delays in the FIR registration.Also read: Twisha Sharma's family, lawyer allege investigation lapsesTwisha’s father Navnidhi Sharma accused investigators of tampering with evidence and alleged irregularities in the post-mortem process. “Without even submitting the ligature, the postmortem report was released. In such a system, how can a middle class person hope of justice?” he said.Meanwhile, Bhopal police urged the family to take custody of the body, citing concerns over decomposition. In a letter to the family, police said AIIMS Bhopal was storing the body at minus four degrees Celsius, while doctors had advised that minus 80 degrees Celsius was necessary for long-term preservation — a facility unavailable at the hospital. A Special Investigation Team is currently probing allegations of dowry harassment, assault and destruction of evidence in the case.