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Samarth Singh had already been in custody following his arrest after remaining absconding for several days. Advocate Gyandendra Sharma, representing the accused, said, “Both the accused were remanded to CBI custody till June 2. The agency wants to question both the accused and complete its investigation.”

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Twisha Sharma, a former Miss Pune and actor originally from Noida, was found hanging at her matrimonial home in the Bagmugalia area of Bhopal on May 12. She had gotten married to Samarth Singh just a few months earlier. While the initial postmortem conducted at AIIMS Bhopal concluded that the cause of death was “asphyxia due to antemortem hanging by ligature”, her family in Noida alleged foul play and sought a second postmortem, which was later conducted by a team of experts from AIIMS Delhi.

Among the most significant steps likely during the remand period is a face-to-face confrontation between Giribala Singh and Samarth Singh. Investigators commonly use such sessions to identify inconsistencies between statements, establish timelines and test explanations against known evidence.

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The central agency recently took over the investigation from the Madhya Pradesh Police after the state government transferred the case amid allegations of investigative lapses, evidence tampering and influence over the probe.

The Madhya Pradesh government had earlier alleged before the High Court that selective clips were leaked publicly while the investigation was underway. Investigators are expected to determine who had access to the DVR, who created copies of the footage and whether the material circulated publicly was complete or selectively edited.

The agency may also probe why certain crucial pieces of evidence, including the alleged ligature material, became contentious during the initial investigation and whether any lapses were accidental or deliberate.