CBI says politicians arrested for Bhanwari's murder cannot stay in same jail

Jaipur:  The CBI has told a court in Rajasthan that it is under pressure as it tries to figure out who killed Bhanwari Devi. The CBI did not say who is attempting to influence its investigation. Two politicians, both senior leaders with the Congress till recently, are in jail for the nurse's death.

Malkhan Singh and former state minister Mahipal Singh Maderna were arrested a few months ago. The CBI today said in court that it wants the politicians to be moved into separate jails; they are currently in the Jodhpur prison. Investigators said that both men are powerful people  and are influencing witnesses in the same prison.

Mr Singh, a Congress MLA, and Mr Maderna both had affairs with Bhanwari Devi, a nurse and state-trained midwife who starred in local music videos. She went missing from her home near Jodhpur in September amid reports that she was blackmailing Mr Maderna, then a minister, with a CD that showed him sharing intimate moments with her. The CBI believes she was kidnapped and killed and that her body was set on fire by hitmen for hire. Bhanwari Devi's husband, who persuaded the court to file a case of rape and murder against Mr Maderna, has also been arrested for allegedly assisting her abduction.

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