New Delhi:
Sacked Rajasthan Minister Mahipal Maderna, who is being questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in New Delhi in connection with the Bhanwari Devi abduction case, is "not cooperating" with the agency, prompting it to evaluate possibility of subjecting him to scientific tests.
Taking the probe further, the CBI also announced a reward of Rs five lakh for any information leading to the arrest of another suspect Bishna Ram Bishnoi, who allegedly played an important role in the disappearance of nurse Bhanwari in September this year.
Rajasthan Police has already announced a reward on Bishnoi who is wanted in other cases.
The CBI brought Maderna to Delhi from Jodhpur yesterday for questioning, but agency sources said that the 59-year-old MLA remains uncooperative on crucial questions posed by the officials.
The CBI is now evaluating the possibility of conducting polygraphic and brain mapping tests on him, the sources said.
To carry out these tests, the agency would require the consent of Maderna and court's permission. As per the norms, the denial of consent would be held against Maderna at the charge sheet stage.
Maderna was arrested on Friday in Jodhpur by the CBI along with Parasram Bishnoi, the brother of Congress MLA Malkhan Singh, hours after it filed a charge sheet against three other arrested accused. He was sent to CBI custody till December 9 by the Jodhpur court. A day after Maderna's arrest, CBI officials had alleged that they were being threatened.
Meanwhile, the Rajasthan High Court has stayed the permission of a lower court to conduct a voice test on accused Sohan Lal Bishnoi to verify the authenticity of some audio clips related to Bhanwari.
The clips have voices of Sohan Lal and another accused Shahbuddin, both currently under judicial custody. Shahbuddin, Baliya and Sohanlal have been chargesheeted by the agency.
Taking the probe further, the CBI also announced a reward of Rs five lakh for any information leading to the arrest of another suspect Bishna Ram Bishnoi, who allegedly played an important role in the disappearance of nurse Bhanwari in September this year.
Rajasthan Police has already announced a reward on Bishnoi who is wanted in other cases.
The CBI brought Maderna to Delhi from Jodhpur yesterday for questioning, but agency sources said that the 59-year-old MLA remains uncooperative on crucial questions posed by the officials.
The CBI is now evaluating the possibility of conducting polygraphic and brain mapping tests on him, the sources said.
To carry out these tests, the agency would require the consent of Maderna and court's permission. As per the norms, the denial of consent would be held against Maderna at the charge sheet stage.
Maderna was arrested on Friday in Jodhpur by the CBI along with Parasram Bishnoi, the brother of Congress MLA Malkhan Singh, hours after it filed a charge sheet against three other arrested accused. He was sent to CBI custody till December 9 by the Jodhpur court. A day after Maderna's arrest, CBI officials had alleged that they were being threatened.
Meanwhile, the Rajasthan High Court has stayed the permission of a lower court to conduct a voice test on accused Sohan Lal Bishnoi to verify the authenticity of some audio clips related to Bhanwari.
The clips have voices of Sohan Lal and another accused Shahbuddin, both currently under judicial custody. Shahbuddin, Baliya and Sohanlal have been chargesheeted by the agency.
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