The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested retired Bhopal district judge Giribala Singh on Thursday (May 28, 2026) in connection with the Twisha Sharma dowry harassment and death case, following more than six hours of investigation and questioning at her house in Bhopal, the agency’s Chief Information Officer Beena Yadav told The Hindu.A CBI team arrived at her residence on Thursday (May 28, 2026) morning, hours after the Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed the anticipatory bail that had been granted to her by a local Bhopal court.Ms. Singh is expected to be taken for a medical examination.Also Read | Twisha Sharma death case: Supreme Court backs CBI probe, asks media to exercise restraintEarlier in the day, the Madhya Pradesh High Court had rejected the anticipatory bail granted to Ms. Singh, quashing an order by a local Bhopal court passed on May 15.The anticipatory bail had been granted to her by a Sessions court in Bhopal on May 15, just hours after an FIR was lodged by local police in the case, booking her and her son Samarth Singh, Twisha’s husband. Mr. Singh is already in CBI’s custody. A Single Bench of Justice Devnarayan Mishra issued the order, which had been reserved in the afternoon, late on Thursday (May 28, 2026) night, after hearing two petitions — one by Twisha’s father, Navnidhi Sharma and another by the State Government, challenging the bail granted to Ms. Singh.In its observations, the High Court noted that some of the injuries found on Twisha’s body were “not caused due to taking out the body from the ligature or carrying out to the hospital” and that one head injury “was antemortem”, meaning it was suffered before death“As per the postmortem report, the death was due to antemortem hanging by ligature, but from the postmortem, it is also clear that six other injuries were found in the body of the deceased, in which four injuries were on the left arm, one on the ring finger and one on the head, and that was antemortem. From the query report, it is also clear that these injuries were not caused by taking out the body from the ligature or carrying out to the hospital,” it observed.It also said that the trial court did not consider allegations, presented by the victim’s family, against Ms. Singh while granting her the anticipatory bail.“In light of the above factual aspects of the case and the allegation levelled against the respondent [Ms. Singh], the anticipatory bail order dated May 15, 2026, passed by the 10th Additional Sessions Judge, Bhopal, for the offence punishable under Sections 80(2), 85, 3(5) of BNS, 2023 and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, is hereby quashed,” the Court ruled.The Court’s observations have prompted the victim’s family to reiterate their claims that their daughter “was killed”.Also Read | CBI team conducts probe at house of Twisha Sharma’s in-laws, later meets her familyDuring the hearing on Thursday (May 28, 2026), Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Madhya Pradesh Government, argued that “the manner in which anticipatory bail was obtained creates doubt that the trial Court did not consider the aspect relevant for granting anticipatory bail”.“After granting bail, the respondent was making Press Conferences and making allegations against the deceased and flouting the law. In such a serious matter, when the girl, aged about 33 years, lost her life, the respondent has no remorse and has not tried to cooperate with the Investigating Agency. The trial Court did not consider a single line of the prosecution witnesses and totally believed in the defence documents,” he argued.Whereas Deputy Solicitor General Suyash Mohan Guru, for the CBI, said, “Mystery revolving around the death of the deceased, possible involvement of the influential accused and non-cooperation shown during ongoing investigation, it indicates that the matter is at the initial stage, therefore, custodial interrogation of the respondent may be required, and to support their contention.”The CBI counsel also claimed that the accused had not been able to provide any explanation about some of the injuries found on Twisha’s body.The CBI, which took over the case from an SIT of the Bhopal Police on May 25, also became an intervener in the two petition and sought quashing of the local court’s anticipatory bail order, with Mr. Mohan Guru claiming that Ms. Singh’s sister who is a private doctor in Bhopal, Dr. Rajbala Singh Bhadoriya, and another private doctor were present inside the post-mortem room during the first autopsy conducted at AIIMS Bhopal on May 13.Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, who appeared for Twisha’s father, charged that Ms. Singh used her skills, learned during her tenure as a judge, to tamper the evidence and the crime scene.“The respondent [Ms. Singh] is a retired Judicial Officer and obtained the training of Special Courses on Cyber Crimes, Cyber Forensic & Digital Signature Technology and Crime Scene Management and used her skills to tamper the crime scene and in that circumstances, the trial Court was duty bound to appreciate the evidence, hence, the order granting anticipatory bail to the respondent deserves to be quashed,” Mr. Luthra said.Earlier on Wednesday (May 27, 2026), a local Bhopal court transferred the custody of Samarth Singh, who was nabbed by the Bhopal Police on May 22, to the CBI. A CBI team also took Mr. Singh to his residence to inspect the house where Twisha was found dead on May 12 night.