The chief minister’s office is to write to the CBI to open an investigation into the Noida woman who was found dead at her in-laws’ in Bhopal. “We will be with you at every step,” Yadav told the family.
He also said the government would make it easy for them to have the body moved to AIIMS in Delhi for a post-mortem if they so wish, though he left any second autopsy to the court’s discretion. On top of that, the police are set to contest the interim bail of the woman’s mother-in-law, a former district judge and head of the Consumer Forum.
Officials outlined immediate next steps to address the family’s demands and preserve evidence:
– Letter to the CBI to take over the investigation
– Challenge to the mother-in-law’s interim bail
– Transport support for autopsy at AIIMS Delhi
Court rejects second post-mortem, orders preservation
All this follows a Wednesday ruling by a Bhopal district court that put the brakes on the family’s demand for another post-mortem. The court has instead told the police to see to it that the body is kept in a proper mortuary in the state to stave off decomposition.
Town inspector Sunil Dubey was before the court with a letter from the Forensic Medicine department at AIIMS Bhopal. He put it to the court that the body is in a state of decay and needs to be at -80 C, which the local AIIMS can’t do; it’s currently at -4 C. The police have even asked the family to take the remains into their own keeping.
The deceased, an ex-model and IT worker, was 25 when she died on May 12. She had married Samarth Singh, a Bhopal lawyer, in December 2025. Her side of the story is one of long-running harassment and dowry demands from the husband and his family.
Family allegations and questions over timeline
Their lawyer has some issues with how the probe was handled in the beginning. They point to an FIR that, in their view, was only put in three days after the fact, and to a phone call with the mother just before the death was made known. There is also the matter of some CCTV video dated May 10.
Before the hearing, the family wanted an autopsy done out of town. They were worried about a relative of the accused, a surgeon in the city, having a hand in it, and they felt the first post-mortem didn’t do justice to the injury marks.
Police stance and current investigation
The police say a Special Investigation Team is on it. Their initial read is that she hanged herself with a nylon belt, and they have no problem with a second post-mortem if the court wants one. The belt was taken as evidence after the first one. As for the injuries, the police call them “general” but don’t go into how they came to be.
Accused, bail, and legal steps
An FIR has been filed at Katara Hills against both Samarth Singh and his mother, Giribala, under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Dowry Prohibition Act.
Giribala has put up with the charges, saying her daughter-in-law was hard to deal with, what with her “dual personality” and indecision over things like pregnancy. She has been given interim bail. A notice is out for her son, who is on the run, though she says he is within his rights.
For the family, it is a case of character assassination of someone who can no longer speak for herself. They have put forward chat logs to back up their claims of mental abuse and have written to the governor to have the mother-in-law off the Consumer Forum.
What the government and police say comes next
With the SIT still at work and the court’s order in place to preserve the body, the CM’s move has put the case under a finer lens and is likely to see it end up with the CBI.
