India, May 26 -- Twisha Sharma's mother-in-law Giribala Singh, a retired additional district judge, had allegedly demanded Rs.2 lakh at the time of the marriage of her son, according to the FIR filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the 'dowry death' case in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal.

The agency formally took over the investigation into the death of the 32-year-old actor-model on Monday. This came hours after the Supreme Court was informed that the move was imminent, amid growing claims of institutional bias, procedural issues and possible shortcomings in the investigation.

After taking over the investigation from the state police, the CBI re-registered the dowry death case against the woman's husband and mother-in-law unde...