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Updated - May 24, 2026 09:32 pm IST - Bhopal

The last rites of Twisha Sharma were held at the crematorium in Bhopal on May 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI

The last rites of Twisha Sharma were performed in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal on Sunday (May 24, 2026), hours after a second autopsy was conducted on the body by an expert panel of AIIMS New Delhi, 12 days after she was found dead at her marital home in Bhopal.

Dozens of ex-servicemen, family and relatives and locals turned up to pay tributes at Bhopal’s Bhadbhada Vishram Ghat with her brother Major Harshit Sharma performing the rituals on Sunday (May 24) evening even as her mother appeared inconsolable.

While her husband Samarth Singh, a lawyer, is currently in police custody in connection with a dowry death and harassment case, her mother-in-law Giribala Singh, a retired judge and an accused in the case, was not seen at the cremation ceremony. Mr. Singh was nabbed on May 22 after his attempts to surrender before a Jabalpur court failed. The police are currently interrogating him.

Twisha Sharma’s father Navnidhi Sharma expressed gratitude at the Supreme Court registering a suo motu case amid allegations by her family that her in-laws tampered with evidence and that the investigation suffered from procedural irregularities.

In a heartfelt tribute, Mr. Navnidhi Sharma said, “We don’t know how we will live without her. As kids grow up, they take care of their parents. They become like parents and parents become like children. She used to take care of like a mother does for her children.”

“I thank everyone for their support and I believe she will get justice. This case will set an example for everyone and people’s faith in the judicial process will be restored. I thank the Supreme Court for taking suo motu cognisance of the matter,” he said at a prayer gathering.

Meanwhile, the special investigation team (SIT) of the Bhopal Police, probing the case, along with the four-member panel of AIIMS New Delhi and forensic experts visited Ms. Singh’s house to inspect the spot of Twisha Sharma’s death and gather evidence.

This is the first official inspection of the crime scene, which comes a day after a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi took note of the case.