New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Observing that delays in registering FIRs can undermine investigations into the unnatural deaths of young married women, the Delhi High Court has urged courts to accord greater urgency to such matters, particularly where allegations of dowry-related harassment are raised and police fail to register a case. A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma made the observation while rejecting anticipatory bail pleas filed by a husband and his parents in a case relating…
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New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) In yet another case linked to dowry harassment in the national capital, a 23-year-old woman was found dead after allegedly taking her own life following sustained pressure from her in-laws over dowry demands, officials said on Monday. The incident was reported from the Jaitpur area of Delhi. The deceased, identified as Roshni, had allegedly been facing repeated harassment from her husband and in-laws. Her family has claimed that she was subjected to continuous demands fo…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) ‘She is no more’. These were the words of Twisha’s mother-in-law to the former actor-model’s sister-in-law, Rashi, which broke the news about her death to her kin on the evening of May 12, notes the CBI FIR registered in the case. The four words changed Twisha’s parents’ lives forever.In just 54 minutes – between 9.41 pm when Twisha spoke to her mother on a WhatsApp call and 10.35 pm when the victim’s mother-in-law, Giribala Singh, told Rashi about her deat…
Bhopal, May 26 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday began its investigation into the alleged suicide and dowry harassment case of former actor-model Twisha Sharma, a day after formally taking over the probe from the Madhya Pradesh Police Special Investigation Team (SIT).A CBI team visited Twisha Sharma’s matrimonial home in Bhopal in the morning, where she was found hanging on May 12.Officials inspected the house, examined the crime scene, and started collecting evidence…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court has taken suo motu (on its own motion) cognisance of the high-profile suspected dowry death of model-turned-actor Twisha Sharma at her matrimonial home in Bhopal, amid allegations of institutional bias and procedural lapses in the investigation. As per details uploaded on the website of the apex court, the matter has been registered as “In Re: Alleged Institutional Bias and Procedural Discrepancies in the Unnatural Death of a Young Girl at Her Matrimo…
Bhopal, May 22 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government has taken a significant step in the high-profile suspected death case of Twisha Sharma by initiating the process to transfer the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The state Home Department has issued a formal notification recommending that the CBI take over the probe, clearing the path for a fresh and impartial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the 33-year-old model’s death.This development comes after Twisha …
Mumbai, May 22 (IANS) Actress Ridhi Dogra shared a note on modern relationships, marriage, and feminism amid the Twisha Sharma and Deepika Nagar case discussion. She asked young men and women to stop “romanticising marriage” and “expecting fairytales”. Ridhi shared long note with the caption: “It’s a changing world. Over the past few years a lot of heart wrenching incidents have happened to boys and girls after marriage.. And no one is guiding us to understand the change in social and ps…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of media reports surrounding the suspicious death of 33-year-old Twisha Sharma, a resident of Noida, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.According to media reports, Twisha Sharma died under suspicious circumstances merely five months after her marriage. The victim’s family members have levelled grave allegations of dowry harassment, as well as mental and physical torture, against her husband, Samarth S…
Noida, May 19 (IANS) The post-mortem report in the Greater Noida dowry death has revealed a series of external and internal injuries on Deepika Nagar’s body, including a bone-deep wound and spleen rupture, indicating that she was under “deep trauma” before succumbing to injuries.The chilling autopsy report on Deepika’s death comes in the backdrop of dowry harassment charges against her husband and in-laws. The 24-year-old Deepika, who married Hrithik about 1.5 years ago, died after jumpi…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Family members of a 24-year-old woman who died in an alleged dowry harassment case in Greater Noida, on Tuesday demanded strict action against the accused, including ‘bulldozer action’ on their house from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The grieving family alleged that the victim was tortured for months over dowry and demanded justice for their daughter. Speaking to IANS, the victim’s aunt said the family was only told that the woman had fallen from the roof of her in-…