Nurse case: Court rejects accused’s bail plea

A court here Wednesday rejected the bail application of Shahabuddin, an accused in the case of Rajasthan nurse Bhanwari Devi, who was kidnapped and murdered last year, a lawyer said. The court, however, permitted the accused to take part in his son’s wedding for three hours April 26. Shahabuddin is accused of kidnapping the nurse  [ Read More ]

Bhanwari Devi case: Court issues notice to CBI chief, officials

The Rajasthan High Court Thursday issued show-cause notices to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director and other agency officers on allegations of harassment by a local politician during investigation into the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, a lawyer said. The notices were issued to CBI director, a deputy inspector general of police (DIG), a  [ Read More ]

Bhanwari Devi case: CBI getting threats, court told

The CBI on Tuesday told the Rajasthan high court that it was receiving threats and its witnesses in the Bhanwari Devi case were being forced to turn hostile. Agency counsel Panne Singh, during the hearing of the habeas corpus petition filed by Amarchand, husband of Bhanwari Devi, told the court that the CBI has done a  [ Read More ]

Bhanwari Devi case: Mahipal Maderna remanded in custody till December 24

A CBI court here on Monday remanded former Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna and Parasram Bishnoi in judicial custody till December 24 in the Bhanwari Devi abduction case. They were produced before the local CBI court where magistrate Jagdish Jyani remanded them in judicial custody. Maderna was arrested on December 2 in Jodhpur by the CBI  [ Read More ]

Include Rajasthan minister’s name in FIR: Court

ACJM Court of Rajasthan, here Friday ordered the police to include the name of Rajasthan’s Water Resources Minister Mahipal Maderna as an accused in the FIR lodged in the disappearance of a nurse who allegedly featured in a compromising position with the minister on a CD.   Amarchand, husband of the auxiliary nurse and midwife Bhanwari Devi,  [ Read More ]