CBI pastes notice outside ex-BJP leader’s residence
The CBI on Sunday pasted a notice outside the residence of former BJP leader Shambhu Singh Khetasar in Jodhpur in connection with nurse Bhanwari Devi’s case as he has been avoiding the agency’s notice. The CBI also searched several places in rural area of Jodhpur to locate Indira Bishnoi, who has been missing for last three months. The agency also planned to collect details of her property to seize if she refused to come out.
According to the sources, the CBI had grilled Mr Khetasar three times in past few days. But later he has been avoiding the agency and disappeared. Though, his relatives said he had met with a road accident near Pokhran and taken to Gujarat for treatment. Mr Khetasar is considered close to the BJP leaders and he unsuccessfully contested Assembly election against sacked minister Mahipal Maderna from Osian constituency in Jodhpur.
His name was figured in lands deals in border area of Rajasthan when the BJP was in power. He also unsuccessfully fought election from Pali Lok Sabha seat on BSP symbol. He placed huge advertisements in newspapers about L.K. Advani’s yatra. The CBI had arrested 16 persons so far in Bhanwari’s kidnapping and murder, that included Congress MLA Malkhan Singh Bishnoi and Maderna.
The CBI is now gearing up for finalising the chargesheet, but the agency needed Indira Bishnoi in this regard.
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Man killed in India gate hit-and-run
Age Correspondent
New Delhi, Feb. 5
An unidentified man in his mid-thirties was killed in a hit-and-run case near Shahjahan Road close to India Gate early Sunday morning, the police said.
The accident occurred near Shahjahan Road at around 12.55 am. The errant driver who hit the victim fled from the spot.
On receiving information about the accident, the police rushed to the spot and took the victim to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital where he was declared brought dead.
The crime team also visited the spot. The body has been sent for post-mortem.
“We will keep the body in the hospital for the next 72 hours in an effort to identify him,” a senior police official said.
A case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and rash and negligent driving has been registered against unknown persons.
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