Bhopal, May 23 (IANS) A team of four senior doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Delhi arrived in Bhopal on Saturday night to conduct a second post-mortem examination of actor-model Twisha Sharma.
The second autopsy will be conducted at AIIMS Bhopal on Sunday following directions issued by the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
The High Court had accepted a petition filed by Twisha’s father seeking a fresh post-mortem examination by an independent medical board from AIIMS-Delhi.
Sources told IANS that the medical team from the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology would also speak to Twisha’s parents and brother regarding their objections to the first post-mortem report prepared at AIIMS Bhopal on May 13.
The doctors are also expected to visit Twisha’s matrimonial home in Bhopal as part of the forensic investigation.
Meanwhile, a Bhopal court on Saturday sent Samarth Singh, husband of Twisha Sharma and the main accused in the alleged dowry death case, to seven days of police remand till May 29.
Samarth was produced before Judicial Magistrate First Class Anudita Gupta by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Bhopal Police.
He was taken into custody from the Jabalpur district court premises on Friday after attempting to surrender there.
The court also directed that Samarth’s passport be seized, following which his lawyer submitted the passport before the court.
A lawyer by profession, Samarth is the son of former judge Giribala Singh.
He had been missing since May 15 after Katara Hills Police registered a dowry death and harassment case against him and his mother in connection with Twisha’s death.
Bhopal Police had announced a reward for information leading to his arrest and had also issued a lookout circular against him.
While Giribala Singh had earlier secured anticipatory bail, Samarth’s anticipatory bail plea was rejected by a lower court.
–IANS
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