Overview
- The Central Bureau of Investigation formally assumed the case on Monday and re‑registered the FIR, naming Twisha’s husband Samarth Singh and mother‑in‑law Giribala Singh as accused and invoking sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Dowry Prohibition Act.
- The Supreme Court had taken suo motu cognisance of reporting and procedural concerns and directed a central probe while asking families and media to refrain from public statements to avoid prejudicing evidence.
- Twisha was found dead at her Bhopal marital home on May 12 and post‑mortem findings recorded antemortem hanging and multiple antemortem injuries while her family alleges sustained dowry harassment.
- Separate child sexual‑violence cases remain active: Jammu and Kashmir police formed an SIT after a 12‑year‑old was found dead near her home, and Coimbatore police arrested two men in the abduction, sexual assault and murder of a 10‑year‑old amid disputes over handling of the body.
- The use of BNS provisions, transfers of sensitive cases to the CBI, and political calls for faster trials highlight growing public demand for impartial probes, quicker evidence preservation, and swifter prosecutions in crimes against women and children.