Twisha Sharma death case: Husband, ex-judge mother-in-law refused to give voice samples, judicial custody extended | Bhopal News
The CBI has requested an extension of the judicial remand for Twisha’s husband and mother-in-law
BHOPAL: The Central Bureau of Investigation has told a special court that the accused in the Twisha Sharma death case have refused to give their voice samples to the CBI.Seeking extension of judicial remand of both Twisha’s husband Samarth Singh and mother-in-law and former judge Giribala Singh, the investigating agency said that the probe into the case is still incomplete as statements of some crucial witnesses have not been recorded so far and CFSL report has also not been received.The special CBI court of judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) at Bhopal, Anudita Gupta, on Tuesday extended the judicial remand of former district judge Giribala Singh and her lawyer son Samarth Singh by another two weeks.The duo are lodged in Bhopal central jail in connection with the Twisha’s death at her matrimonial home in mysterious circumstances on May 12.
In the previous hearing of the case on June 6, the special CBI court had allowed the CBI application for the password of Samarth Singh’s laptop and voice samples of both the accused.Counsel for the accused, Enosh George Carlo, had said that Giribala Singh or Samarth Singh have no objection to either of the two demands of the CBI.According to Carlo, after the CBI said in the court on Tuesday that the two accused are refusing to give their voice samples, he again expressed readiness on the part of both his clients to give the voice samples.“Our limited point was that the accused have a right to have their lawyer around when any sample is taken or a test is conducted for forensic purposes. Besides, they should also know the context in which the sample is being collected,” he said.Counsel for Twisha Sharma’s family, Ankur Pandey, however, said that the CBI moved an application under section 349 of the BNSS seeking permission to obtain the voice samples of the two accused in accordance with law, which the court allowed.The accused were not giving voice samples to the investigating agency despite agreeing to do it in the previous hearing of the case, he added.There was no clarity if the second autopsy report was submitted to the court as there was not any reference to it during the hearing.
