India | Posted on Oct 01, 2011 at 04:47pm IST

Bhanwari Devi case: Accused sent to 7-day police custody

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Jodhpur: Baldev Ram, one of the three key accused in Bhanwari Devi missing case, has been sent to seven-day police custody after he was produced before a Jodhpur court on Saturday.

Baldev Ram was arrested from Bilada near Jodhpur on Friday.

Bhanwari Devi, a nurse in Jodhpur, has been missing for almost three weeks.

Bhanwari Devi case: Accused sent to 7-day police custody
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The other two accused in the case are Shahbuddin, the alleged key executer, and former deputy district head Sahiram Vaishnavi.

Shahbuddin, alleged to have passed Bhanwari on to a gang from another state, called her 69 times in six days before she went missing.

He has been declared an absconder on Friday and the police will attach his property.

But the Rajasthan Police is yet to question state Water Resources Minister Mahipal Maderna, who was seen attending a function along with Shahbuddin in a photograph.

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