Twisha Sharma's husband reaches Jabalpur court to surrender

Samarth Singh, an accused in the alleged dowry death case of his wife Twisha Sharma, reached the Jabalpur district court on Friday evening with the intention of surrendering after withdrawing his pre-arrest bail application filed in the Madhya Pradesh High Court, his lawyer said.

They had reached the court and were waiting for further proceedings to begin, his lawyer Jaydeep Kaurav told PTI over phone.

A police team also arrived on the court premises amid speculation that he will be taken to Bhopal.

Mediapersons thronged the court though no one could catch a glimpse of Samarth Singh, who is a lawyer by profession and who had been evading arrest since an FIR was registered against him and his mother, former district judge Giribala Singh, following Twisha Sharma's death on May 12.

Members of Twisha's family and their lawyers were also present outside the court.

''If he wants to surrender, he should do so before the trial court in Bhopal or before the investigation officer,'' said advocate Anurag Shrivastava, counsel for Twisha's family.

Asked about a defence lawyer's claim that Singh faced a threat to his life, Shrivastava gestured towards the crowded but peaceful court premises and said, ''Do you see any threat here?''.

''He cannot hide here after the High Court directed him to surrender before the trial court in Bhopal or the investigation officer. All this appears to be part of a strategy for getting bail,'' the lawyer claimed.

Model-turned-actor Twisha Sharma (33) was found hanging at her matrimonial home in Bhopal's Katara Hills area on May 12. Her family accused her in-laws of dowry harassment and abetment to suicide.

Police had announced a reward of Rs 30,000 for information leading to Samarth Singh's arrest.

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