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 by the CBI on December 3 for his alleged involvement in the case.
"The CBI quizzed his wife at Jodhpur Circuit House for two hours. She had been summoned for verification of some evidence which came up during investigation," a source close to the investigators told IANS.
He added that Congress legislator Malkhan Singh Bishnoi's son, Mahendra Bishnoi, was also quizzed by the agency.
Malkhan Singh Bishnoi, legislator from the Luni constituency, has already been arrested.
Bhanwari Devi had gone missing from Jodhpur's Bilara area on September 1. Maderna was sacked from the Cabinet by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on October 16 over allegations that he featured in a sleaze CD with her and had a role in her disappearance. He was later arrested by the CBI on December 2.
It was alleged that Maderna hired one Sahiram Bishnoi to kidnap the nurse. Sahiram then allegedly assigned the task to Shahabuddin, Sohan Lal Bishnoi and Baldev Jaat alias Balia.
The CBI has arrested the three alleged kidnappers Shahabuddin, Sohan Lal Bishnoi and Baldev Jaat, apart from Sahiram Bishnoi, his friend Umesharam Bishnoi, Bhanwari's husband Amarchand and Malkhan's brother Parasram Bishnoi.
The CBI is also carrying out raids in search of Malkhan's sister, Indra Bishnoi.
In a CBI chargesheet filed in court earlier, Shahabuddin, Baliya and Sohanlal were charged with the abduction of the nurse with an intent to kill and criminal conspiracy.
They were also booked under various sections of the Scheduled Castes and the the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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