Jodhpur: One of the main accused in the missing nurse Bhanwari Devi case, Om Prakash Bishnoi, on day refused to record his statement before the magistrate and was remanded to judicial custody.
The CBI had moved an application in the court on Tuesday for recording Bishnoi's statements, and brought him to the court on Wednesday. However, he refused to record the statement and came out, sources said.
The CBI court later sent him to judicial custody.
According to the legal experts, the statements of the three members of Bishan Ram gang are important for CBI to gain a firm grip in the case....
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11:19 PM, Jan 11, 2012
Jodhpur: Intensifying efforts to trace the body of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, the CBI has zeroed in on places in Jaloda village where she could have been buried and are scouting the area using sophisticated devices. On the basis of the interrogation of Om Prakash Bishnoi, brother and gang member of Bishna Ram Bishnoi, who is said to have a hand in disposing of the body of Bhanwari devi, a...
06:31 PM, Jan 02, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI's custody of key suspect Sahiram Bishnoi ends on Monday. The CBI in its chargesheet claimed that Sahiram had hatched the conspiracy to kill the Dalit nurse at sacked minister, Mahipal Maderna's behest. Bhanwari has been missing for 121 days now. The CBI on Sunday grilled Maderna's wife Leela Maderna and a Congress legislator's son in connection with the disappearance of Devi, sources said. Mahipal was arrested...
11:14 AM, Jan 02, 2012
Former Rajasthan minister and suspend Congress leader Mahipal Maderna was arrested in Jodhpur on Friday in the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi. ...
08:30 AM, Dec 03, 2011
Jodhpur: The CBI, probing the Bhanwari Devi missing case, on Tuesday grilled several persons, including her husband Amarchand, officials said. They said the investigating agency have obtained some evidences and are in the process of verifying them. Bhanwari, an auxiliary nurse midwife at a sub-centre in Jaliwada village - around 120 km from Jodhpur, is missing since September 1. Amarchand has alleged she was kidnapped at the behest of Mahipal...
12:33 AM, Nov 30, 2011
Jodhpur: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will finally submit its report to the Rajasthan High Court in the Bhanwari Devi case on Thursday. The court had given the CBI time till November 24 to investigate the matter of the missing dalit nurse. The CBI on November 14 approached the court for four weeks time to complete investigations in the case of the missing dalit nurse. While the court granted...
07:40 AM, Nov 24, 2011
New Delhi: The man accused of kidnapping Dalit nurse Bhanwari Devi will be produced in a Jodhpur court on Saturday. Shahabuddin's period of CBI custody ends on Saturday. Shahabuddin will be tried in the Johpur High Court. Shahbuddin is a history-sheeter and considered to be close to former Rajasthan water resource minister Mahipal Maderna, who was sacked from the Rajasthan Cabinet by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot following allegations that he...
06:21 AM, Nov 05, 2011
Jaipur:In a major breakthrough, one of the two key suspects accused in the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi was remanded to two-day police custody after he surrendered in a court in Jaipur on Saturday. Shahbuddin is a history-sheeter and considered to be close to former Rajasthan water resource minister Mahipal Maderna, who was sacked from the Rajasthan Cabinet by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot following allegations that he behind the...
12:21 AM, Oct 23, 2011
Jaipur: In a major breakthrough in the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, key suspect Shahbuddin surrendered before the Central Bureau of Investigation court in Jodhpur at about 4 PM on Saturday. Shahbuddin is a history-sheeter and considered to be close to former Rajasthan water resource minister Mahipal Maderna, who was sacked from the Rajasthan Cabinet by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot following allegations that he behind the mysterious disappearance of...
05:18 PM, Oct 22, 2011
Jaipur: In a major breakthrough in the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, key suspect Shahbuddin surrendered before the Central Bureau of Investigation court in Jodhpur at about 4 PM on Saturday. Shahbuddin is a history-sheeter and considered to be close to former Rajasthan water resource minister Mahipal Maderna, who was sacked from the Rajasthan Cabinet by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot following allegations that he behind the mysterious disappearance of...
05:18 PM, Oct 22, 2011
Jodhpur: Sacked Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna on Monday got support from Jat community whose leaders today protested against his dismissal in connection with the mysterious disappearance of Bhanwari Devi. Several pradhans, sarpanches and block presidents affiliated to the ruling Congress tendered their resignations to register their protest. The pradhan of Baori panchayat along with 18 sarpanches, 11 panchayat samiti members and four zila parishad members have already rendered their resignations...
01:21 AM, Oct 18, 2011
Mahipal Maderna is the main accused in the case of mysterious disappearance of nurse Bhanwari Devi. ...
09:52 PM, Oct 16, 2011
New Delhi: Rajasthan's Water Resources Minister Mahipal Maderna, who is suspected to be involved in the case of mysterious disappearance of nurse Bhanwari Devi, has been sacked from his post on Sunday, sources told CNN-IBN. While the CBI has summoned Mahipal Maderna to Jodhpur for questioning, the Rajasthan minister said he was unwell. In a communication forwarded to Governor Shivraj Patil, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has recommended the dismissal...
07:39 PM, Oct 16, 2011
New Delhi: Missing Dalit nurse Bhanwari Devi has been asked to report for duty. The Jodhpur District administration issued her notice for being absent from work without notice on Wednesday. Bhanwari Devi used to work at a government health centre as an auxiliary nurse and midwife in Jodhpur before she went missing three weeks ago. An FIR was earlier filed against Rajasthan Minister Mahipal Maderna on the basis of the...
12:58 PM, Sep 29, 2011
Jaipur It's been a month since Jodhpur nurse Bhanwari Devi went missing and there's still not been any action against the main suspect Rajasthan Water Resources Minister Mahipal Maderna. Accused of kidnapping and murdering Bhanwari, Maderna is under increased fire - from Dalit groups and the Opposition. Even the Rajasthan High Court has slammed the police for poor investigations. "The matter is sub judice. I would not like to comment,"...
08:24 AM, Sep 29, 2011
New Delhi: A Rajasthan police team which was investigating the case of missing Dalit nurse Bhanwari Devi, was assaulted on Wednesday by villagers in Kaparda. The team had gone to track down Baldev, an accused in case. A Rajasthan High Court on Monday had lashed out at the police, saying that there was laxity in the pace of investigations in the Bhanwari Devi case. Directing the police to expedite the...
09:54 AM, Sep 28, 2011
Jodhpur: A Rajasthan High Court on Monday lashed out at the police, saying that there was laxity in the pace of investigations in the Bhanwari Devi case. Directing the police to expedite the probe, the court also observed that the lack of objectivity in the investigations would be questionable. The Rajasthan Police was slated to file a status report in the case of the missing Dalit nurse. This was with...
02:55 PM, Sep 26, 2011
New Delhi: The Bilara trial court on Friday directed the Rajasthan police to investigate kidnapping and murder charges against state PHED minister Mahipal Maderna in the Bhanwari Devi case. Bhanwari Devi, a Dalit nurse from Jodhpur, has been missing for the past 20 days. Her husband on Wednesday filed a complaint alleging that his wife might have been killed at the behest of a minister in the Gehlot government. Bhanwari...
05:07 PM, Sep 23, 2011
New Delhi: Missing Dalit nurse Bhanwari Devi's husband on Wednesday filed a complaint of kidnapping and suspected murder in Bilada's trial court. Bhanwari Devi's husband levels allegation of blackmail against Rajasthan PHED minister Mahipal Maderna. The matter will be heard in court on Wednesday. The CBI had taken over the case. Bhanwari Devi went missing after a controversial CD surfaced showing her and Rajasthan PHED Minister Mahipal Maderna. ...
10:19 AM, Sep 21, 2011
Jaipur: A slip of tongue by the Rajasthan Police Chief implying that missing Dalit nurse Bhanwari Devi is dead could mean more trouble for the Gehlot government. Her family fears she was murdered. Anger is mounting in Jodhpur against Mahipal Maderna, the Minister accused of getting her abducted and allegedly killed and Dalit groups and the Opposition say he must resign. BJP District President (rural) Gaj Singh said, "He should...
08:29 AM, Sep 20, 2011
