A court here today extended CBI custody of Amar Chand,husband of missing Bhanwari Devi till December 20. Amar Chand's five-day CBI custody expired today after which he was produced in the agency's court. The agency sought extension of Amar Chand's custody for a week citing his non-cooperation during the investigation. He was arrested by the CBI on December 8 and was produced before the court next day,where the court had sent him for initial CBI custody till December 14. "He is giving constantly changing statements and when we go for the verification of his statements,they are found to be false," CBI counsel S S Yadav told the court. Besides this,the CBI also informed the court that they would need to take Amar Chand out to certain places for verification of certain facts and statements. Manish Vyas,the counsel of Amar Chand,objected to the agency's plea saying Amar Chand was interrogated by the CBI 18 times before the arrest,and now he has been there with them for last 5 days. He also alleged that he is being persecuted under the custody,upon which the court said that the CBI is conducting medical examination of Amar Chand every 48 hours. Hearing both sides,the magistrate Jagdish Jyani admitted the request of the CBI and granted an extension of CBI custody of Amar Chand till December 20. According to the sources,CBI has come to the conclusion that Amar Chand was giving contradictory statements since the beginning and was the part of the conspiracy. Now,the CBI is seeking to confront him with Malkhan Singh Bishnoi,who is evading the CBI interrogation and is not responding to its summons,according to the sources. Bhanwari,36,posted as an auxiliary nurse at a sub-centre in Jaliwada village,is missing since September 1.
