<p>Additional advocate general Anand Purohit, appearing for the investigating agency before the bench of Govind Mathur and N K Jain (II), requested the court for a private hearing to which the court agreed.<br /><br />He informed the court that “significant progress” has been made in the case and the investigation is at a critical stage.<br /><br />During the hearing on the habeas corpus petition filed by the husband of Bhanwari Devi, the CBI submitted the status report in a sealed envelope. <br /><br />The court then fixed the next date of hearing on December 15. The CBI had filed its first status report on November 11.<br /><br />After the hearing, Purohit told reporters that a report having “positive” conclusion in the matter would be submitted in the case in the next hearing.<br /><br />Thirty-six-year-old Bhanwari Devi, was an auxiliary nurse midwife at a sub-centre at Jaliwada village in Jodhpur district. <br /><br />She has been missing since September 1 and her husband Amar Chand has alleged that she was kidnapped at the behest of Maderna, who has been quizzed twice by the CBI.<br /><br />A CD allegedly showing Maderna in a compromising position with Bhanwari Devi had come to light after she went missing from Jodhpur’s Bilara area. <br /><br />The CBI has so far grilled several people including Maderna, his wife Leela Maderna, ruling party MLA Malkhan Singh and others.<br /></p>
<p>Additional advocate general Anand Purohit, appearing for the investigating agency before the bench of Govind Mathur and N K Jain (II), requested the court for a private hearing to which the court agreed.<br /><br />He informed the court that “significant progress” has been made in the case and the investigation is at a critical stage.<br /><br />During the hearing on the habeas corpus petition filed by the husband of Bhanwari Devi, the CBI submitted the status report in a sealed envelope. <br /><br />The court then fixed the next date of hearing on December 15. The CBI had filed its first status report on November 11.<br /><br />After the hearing, Purohit told reporters that a report having “positive” conclusion in the matter would be submitted in the case in the next hearing.<br /><br />Thirty-six-year-old Bhanwari Devi, was an auxiliary nurse midwife at a sub-centre at Jaliwada village in Jodhpur district. <br /><br />She has been missing since September 1 and her husband Amar Chand has alleged that she was kidnapped at the behest of Maderna, who has been quizzed twice by the CBI.<br /><br />A CD allegedly showing Maderna in a compromising position with Bhanwari Devi had come to light after she went missing from Jodhpur’s Bilara area. <br /><br />The CBI has so far grilled several people including Maderna, his wife Leela Maderna, ruling party MLA Malkhan Singh and others.<br /></p>
