Bhanwari Devi is no more,CBI tells Rajasthan High Court

Probe agency has 'almost reached a conclusion'; court asks for final report by Feb 21.

The Central Bureau of Investigation informed the Rajasthan High Court Tuesday that midwife Bhanwari Devi was dead and requested the court to quash the habeas corpus petition filed by her husband Amarchand.

The court,however,refused to quash the petition and asked the CBI to produce the final report on February 21.

The CBI had appeared before the division bench of the Rajasthan High Court comprising Justice Govind Mathur and Justice N K Jain.

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Additional Advocate General Anand Purohit told the court the corpus was no more. So it was not possible to produce her before court.

The CBI also informed the court that it has almost reached a conclusion in the case and would soon file the chargesheet in the case.

The bench asked them to file the chargesheet and produce a report before the court on February 21.

Purohit said the CBI has invoked Section 302 on the case and was waiting to nab four absconders Indra Bishnoi,Ashok Bishnoi,Pukh Raj Bishnoi and Dinesh Bishnoi.

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Once they are arrested,the CBI will file the chargesheet in the middle of February.

Wrapping up its probe in the case,the CBI claimed yesterday it has corroborative evidence to establish that the 36-year-old nurse was murdered and burnt allegedly at the behest of a political leader.

Highly-placed sources in the agency said the auxiliary nurse had been strangulated and later burnt. Her ashes along with belongings were dumped in the nearby Rajiv Gandhi canal.

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