The daughter-in-law of a retired judge was found hanging in her husband’s home in Bhopal on Thursday, an official said.
The incident took place in the city’s Katara Hills area on Tuesday night.
According to police, the woman has been identified as 31-year-old Tvisha Sharma, originally from Noida. She met Bhopal lawyer Samarth Singh through a dating app in 2024. Samarth is the son of a former Sessions judge. The two had got married in December 2025.
Katara Hills police station in-charge Sunil Kumar Dubey said that the matter is being investigated. He said the woman’s maternal family has accused her in-laws of murder.
Police said Tvisha was found hanging in her matrimonial home. Her husband and mother-in-law rushed her to the hospital, where doctors declared her dead. Police received the information from the hospital around 11 pm.
Tvisha’s maternal family has claimed that she was in touch with them over the phone till 10 pm on Tuesday and that she wanted to leave Bhopal and return to Noida, police said.
Police said no suicide note was recovered from the scene. The investigation has been handed over to Assistant Commissioner of Police Rajnish Singh, officials said.
