Bhanwari Devi case: Maderna placed the kill order, says CBI
Jaipur: Former minister Mahipal Maderna, on August 9, 2011, ordered his
aide Sahiram to “put an end to ANM’s episode forever”, after Bhanwari
Devi allegedly refused to settle the matter in return for Rs 50 lakh,
the Central Bureau of Investigation told a special court on Saturday.
The CBI submission came during the ongoing trial in ANM Bhanwari Devi abduction and killing case in the special sessions court (SC/ST) on Saturday. The agency claimed that former minister Mahipal Maderna (a key accused in the case) ordered his aide Sahiram, who served as the deputy zila pramukh of Jodhpur, to end her episode after Bhanwari reportedly declined to enter a monetary pact.
Senior public prosecutor SS Yadav and special public prosecutor Ashok Joshi, representing CBI in the case, submitted before the court that Maderna had sent Shahbuddin with Rs 10 lakh in cash and another cheque of Rs 40 lakh to the ANM on August 9, 2011 to settle the case in which she was allegedly holding a clandestinely shot video with the then minister.
CBI counselors told special judge (SC/ST) Anup Saxena that Bhanwari refused to call it a truce and returned the money, after which Maderna ordered Sahiram to put an end to the ANM's episode forever. Following Maderna's "instructions" Sahiram, Sohanlal Bishnoi and Shahabuddin plotted Bhanwari's elimination at Room no. 5 of Jodhpur's Circuit House, the CBI said.
The CBI also claimed that Sahiram had then confided in Maderna that Luni MLA Malkhan Singh (also a key accused in the case) and his sister Indra were also working in a "similar direction". With the CBI revealing this information, the special court postponed the case for next hearing on June 8.
Meanwhile, while hearing Maderna's plea to grant exemption from regular appearance before the court on health grounds, the special judge denied permission and put the ball in Jaipur Jail's court by ordering that the jail administration can take appropriate action by using its discretion. The court also dismissed the bail plea of Luni MLA Makhan Singh (lodged in Ajmer Jail).
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The CBI submission came during the ongoing trial in ANM Bhanwari Devi abduction and killing case in the special sessions court (SC/ST) on Saturday. The agency claimed that former minister Mahipal Maderna (a key accused in the case) ordered his aide Sahiram, who served as the deputy zila pramukh of Jodhpur, to end her episode after Bhanwari reportedly declined to enter a monetary pact.
Senior public prosecutor SS Yadav and special public prosecutor Ashok Joshi, representing CBI in the case, submitted before the court that Maderna had sent Shahbuddin with Rs 10 lakh in cash and another cheque of Rs 40 lakh to the ANM on August 9, 2011 to settle the case in which she was allegedly holding a clandestinely shot video with the then minister.
CBI counselors told special judge (SC/ST) Anup Saxena that Bhanwari refused to call it a truce and returned the money, after which Maderna ordered Sahiram to put an end to the ANM's episode forever. Following Maderna's "instructions" Sahiram, Sohanlal Bishnoi and Shahabuddin plotted Bhanwari's elimination at Room no. 5 of Jodhpur's Circuit House, the CBI said.
The CBI also claimed that Sahiram had then confided in Maderna that Luni MLA Malkhan Singh (also a key accused in the case) and his sister Indra were also working in a "similar direction". With the CBI revealing this information, the special court postponed the case for next hearing on June 8.
Meanwhile, while hearing Maderna's plea to grant exemption from regular appearance before the court on health grounds, the special judge denied permission and put the ball in Jaipur Jail's court by ordering that the jail administration can take appropriate action by using its discretion. The court also dismissed the bail plea of Luni MLA Makhan Singh (lodged in Ajmer Jail).
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