Twisha Sharma, a 33-year-old model and actor, was found dead in her home in Bhopal (a city in central India) on 12 May, just five months after her marriage to lawyer Samarth Singh, son of retired judge Giribala Singh. Her family alleges she was tortured and murdered over dowry demands, while her mother-in-law claims she died by suicide, and police have registered a dowry death case as the investigation continues. The case has drawn national attention and raised serious concerns about institutional accountability, after the police commissioner publicly leaned toward a suicide ruling despite acknowledged lapses in the investigation, and Samarth Singh remains at large — prompting the state's chief minister to call for a federal inquiry.