New Delhi, May 22 -- The Madhya Pradesh government on Friday (22 May) formally proposed transferring the Twisha Sharma death case to the Central Bureau of Investigation, as the family of the 33-year-old model and actor simultaneously demanded an independent inquiry into a series of phone calls made by accused mother-in-law Giribala Singh to judges, senior officials, and CCTV maintenance technicians immediately after the death.

The Madhya Pradesh Home Department on Friday issued a notification stating that it "proposes to transfer this (Twisha case) to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a probe." The notification was issued by Home Department Secretary Krishnaveni Desavatu, officials confirmed.

Twisha Sharma, a Noida-based mod...