Neeraj Dubey, who was made a witness in the Twisha Sharma death case, claimed that four to five men attacked him on May 30 near his beauty parlour in Bhopal’s Katara Hills area and questioned why he was testifying in the high-profile case.
A key witness in the Twisha Sharma death case has alleged that he was attacked by friends of her husband, Samarth Singh, in Bhopal, amid an ongoing CBI probe into dowry harassment allegations raised by the woman’s family.
Neeraj Dubey, who runs a beauty salon near the home of Samarth’s mother, Giribala Singh, in Bhopal’s Katara Hills area, claimed that four to five men assaulted him on May 30 and questioned him about his role as a witness in the high-profile case.
A video accessed by India Today TV purportedly shows Dubey being surrounded by several men in a marketplace in broad daylight. The footage shows the men shouting at and abusing him before a scuffle breaks out. Some of the men appear to be carrying sticks as they try to corner him.
According to Dubey, the group confronted him over his testimony in the case and demanded to know why he was acting as a witness. He alleged that the men then assaulted him and threatened him with serious consequences.
ALLEGES NO ACTION ON POLICE COMPLAINT
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Dubey said he was listed as a witness during the preparation of the panchnama in the Twisha Sharma death investigation.
Dubey further alleged that he has faced repeated harassment and intimidation since being named a witness in the case. He specifically identified Sandeep Bhattacharya as one of the individuals allegedly involved in the attack.
Dubey said he submitted a written complaint to police following the alleged assault and threats. However, he claimed that no action had been taken against those named in his complaint.
According to Dubey, police have assured him that appropriate action will be taken. He further claimed that he was again taken to the police station following developments related to his complaint. The matter falls under the jurisdiction of Katara Hills police station.
CBI RECREATES SCENE IN TWISHA SHARMA DEATH PROBE
The latest allegations come as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) continues its probe into the death of 33-year-old Twisha Sharma, who was found hanging at her matrimonial home in Bhopal on May 12.
On Monday, the CBI conducted a crime scene recreation using a dummy weighing roughly the same as Sharma. Investigators, along with forensic and crime scene experts, took Samarth Singh and his mother Giribala Singh — both currently in CBI custody — to the residence and asked them to reconstruct the sequence of events surrounding the night of May 12.
The agency is attempting to establish a minute-by-minute timeline of what transpired before and after Sharma was found hanging.
According to the FIR, Sharma’s husband told investigators that she had hanged herself at home before being taken to AIIMS Bhopal. Doctors later informed police that she had been brought dead to the hospital.
The post-mortem report concluded that the cause of death was “antemortem hanging by ligature” but also noted multiple ante-mortem injuries, described as simple in nature and possibly caused by a blunt object.
After recording statements from Sharma’s family and examining the post-mortem findings, police registered an FIR on May 15.
Her family has alleged that she was subjected to mental and physical harassment by her in-laws over dowry-related demands after her marriage to Samarth Singh on December 9, 2025. They have accused her husband and in-laws of driving her to take the extreme step.
