Court remands Bhanwari Devi's husband to five-day CBI custody

A CBI court today remanded missing nurse Bhanwari Devi's husband Amarchand, who was arrested for non-cooperation on Thursday, to the agency's custody for five days.

Updated on: Dec 9, 2011, 14:25:52 IST

PTI | By HT Correspondent, Jodhpur

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A CBI court on Friday remanded missing nurse Bhanwari Devi's husband Amarchand, who was arrested for non-cooperation on Thursday, to the agency's custody for five days.

The court also extended the CBI custody of sacked Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna and another accused Parasram till December 12.

They were produced before the CBI court here where the magistrate Jagdish Jyani ordered this.

Maderna (59), who represents Osian Assembly constituency, was arrested on December two in Jodhpur by the CBI along with Parasram Bishnoi, the brother of Congress MLA Malkhan Singh, after it filed chargesheets against three other arrested accused.

Bhanwari, 36, posted as an auxiliary nurse midwife at a sub-centre in Jaliwada village, is missing since September one.

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