Bhopal/Jabalpur, May 23 -- On a day of swift developments in the death of former 32-year-old model-actor, Twisha Sharma, Bhopal police on Friday took custody of her husband, Samarth Singh, on the run for over a week, and the Madhya Pradesh high court ordered a second autopsy by an AIIMS Delhi team as requested by her family.

The actor was found dead at her home in Bhopal's Katara Hills area on May 12 with her family alleging that she was harassed and abused over dowry.

Singh, the absconding lawyer-husband, withdrew his anticipatory bail application filed in the high court earlier in the day, and appeared at the Jabalpur district court in the evening to surrender. A team of Bhopal police took him in their custody and left for Bhopal, his...