Bhanwari Devi case: Ashes sent for DNA tests, Maderna's custody extended

A team of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory CFSL Friday sent the ashes collected from a site in Jodhpur to New Delhi for a DNA test to ascertain if they were the remains of Rajasthan nurse Bhanwari Devi while a court extended the custody of sacked Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna arrested for his alleged role in her disappearance Bhanwari Devi allegedly shown in a compromising position with Maderna in a CD had gone missing Sep 1 2011 The Central Bureau of Investigation CBI produced Maderna before the additional chief judicial magistrate who extended the exministers judicial custody till Jan 20 Parasram Bishnoi the other accused and a Congress legislators brother was also presented in court and his judicial custody was also extended till Jan 20 Parasram is the brother of Luni legislator Malkhan Singh Bishnoi who has also been arrested by the CBI for his alleged involvement in the case Meanwhile a team of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory CFSL Friday recovered some items from a canal suspected to be belonging to the accused who disposed of her body and the nurse herself sources The item include two guns a gunny bag a bat and some bone parts The CFSL sent ashes and these items collected from Jaloda village in Jodhpur to New Delhi for a DNA test to ascertain if they were the remains of Bhanwari Devi sources said Bhanwari Devis body was allegedly burnt by a gang of criminals led by Bishnaram Bishnoi in 30feet deep carter near Jadola Sep 1 A court here Thursday has remanded Bishnaram Bishnoi and his aide Kailash Jakhar to CBI custody till Jan 16 Bishnaram Bishnoi was arrested near Pune in Maharashtra Wednesday while Jakhar believed to be the owner of a jeep used to dispose the body was nabbed in Rajasthan Tuesday The CSFL team arrived in Jodhpur Thursday along with CBI director AP Singh after the investigators Wednesday identified the spot where the nurses body was allegedly disposed after her abduction Sep 1 It is alleged that Bhanwari was burnt and her remains were then dumped in a nearby canal The forensic team has collected some ashes believed to be the remains of the nurse sources added The canal was also being examined by divers The CBI had taken Omprakash Bishnoi an arrested accused to a place near Jaloda village where the nurses body was reportedly burnt In a chargesheet filed by the CBI it was alleged that three men kidnapped the nurse from Jodhpurs Bilara area Sep 1 killed her and then handed over her body Bishnaram Bishnoi According to sources close to the CBI Maderna and Malkhan Singh were handinglove in the conspiracy as the nurse was blackmailing both of them Maderna was believed to be blackmailed on the basis of a CD showing him in a compromising position with the nurse The two politicians allegedly roped in Sahiram Bishnoi who hired Sohan Lal Balia and Shahabuddin for the task of kidnapping the nurse Apart from Maderna and Malkhan Singh the three kidnappers and Sahiram along with Amarchand husband of Bhanwari Devi have been arrested by the CBI The CBI also arrested Malkhans brother Parasram Bishnoi as well as two others Umesharam and Omprakash Bishnoi