4-member AIIMS Delhi doctors team to conduct Twisha Sharma's second autopsy, reaches Bhopal

A medical board from AIIMS Delhi has been constituted to conduct a second autopsy of actor-model Twisha Sharma, who was found hanging in Bhopal on May 12.

Acting on a direction of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in the Twisha Sharma death case, AIIMS Delhi on Saturday constituted a medical board comprising four senior doctors, who flew to Bhopal for conducting the second autopsy of the actor-model.

The body of the 33-year-old Twisha, a Noida native who was found hanging at her marital home in Bhopal's Katara Hills area on May 12, is currently kept at the mortuary of AIIMS Bhopal.

The medical team, which reached Bhopal tonight by a state chartered plane, will conduct the second autopsy on Sunday.

Chief of Forensic Medicine at AIIMS Delhi, Dr Sudhir Gupta, said the court order authorised the director of AIIMS Delhi to constitute the medical board.

The hospital received the order and request from Madhya Pradesh government officials to conduct the postmortem on Sunday morning.

Dr Gupta constituted the medical board comprising four senior doctors from AIIMS Delhi with the approval of the director.

''The team, along with the latest instruments flew by a state chartered plane. The autopsy will be conduxted on Sunday at AIIMS Bhopal where the body has been kept in a mortuary,'' Dr Gupta said.

The team is also expected to visit Twisha's home - the incident scene.

While Twisha's in-laws allege she suffered from drug addiction, her family maintains she was harassed for dowry, leading to her death.

The high-profile death case saw fast-paced developments on Friday with the Madhya Pradesh High Court ordering a second autopsy by a specialised AIIMS Delhi team, while the victim's absconding husband withdrew his anticipatory bail plea and his mother, a retired judge, was served a notice for the cancellation of her bail over non-cooperation with the police.

Samarth Singh, husband of the model-turned-actor, who was arrested in connection with her death, was brought to Bhopal in the early hours of Saturday, with police set to seek his custodial remand for questioning, officials said.

According to police sources, Samarth, the lawyer son of former judge and Bhopal consumer court chairperson Giribala Singh, was brought to the Katara Hills police station around 2 am.

A Bhopal court remanded Samarth in police custody for seven days.