Jodhpur: 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 on Sep 1, 2011.
The CBI produced Maderna before the additional chief judicial magistrate, who extended the ex-minister’s judicial custody till Jan 20.
Parasram Bishnoi, the other accused and a Congress legislator’s brother, was also presented in court and his judicial custody was also extended till Jan 20.
Meanwhile, a Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) team on 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. (IANS)
