Bhanwari Case: Maderna arrested, CBI files charge sheet

Sacked Rajasthan water resources minister Mahipal Maderna was on Friday arrested by the CBI along with the brother of a ruling Congress MLA in Bhanwari Dev abduction case, hours after the agency filed a charge sheet against the other three accused. CBI sources said that Maderna, aged 59 years, who was sacked from Ashok Gehlot cabinet on October 16 after his name cropped up in the case, and Parasram Bishnoi, brother of ruling party MLA Malkhan Singh, were taken into custody today evening after another round of questioning.
The arrest came after the agency filed its first charge sheet in a sensational case in the court here, charging the three accused namely Shahabuddin, Baldev Jat and Sohan Lal, who are in the judicial custody, under the charge of conspiracy to abduct the 36-year-old nurse with an intention to murder her.
In its charge sheet filed before the Judge Jagdish Jyani, CBI has accused them of abducting the nurse with an intention to kill (Section 364 IPC), Criminal Conspiracy (Section 120 B IPC) and various sections of SC and ST Act.
The agency in its charge sheet named Maderna and absconding suspect Sahiram.
News reported by AR for Newsvision newspaper

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