Bhanwari case: divers recover wristwatch, bone pieces

January 07, 2012 02:35 pm | Updated July 25, 2016 07:31 pm IST - Jodhpur

CBI and police officials inspect the spot where Bhanwari Devi was allegedly burnt by Vishnaram Bhishnoi and his gang members at Jaloda village near Jodhpur, on Friday.

CBI and police officials inspect the spot where Bhanwari Devi was allegedly burnt by Vishnaram Bhishnoi and his gang members at Jaloda village near Jodhpur, on Friday.

In a crucial development in Bhanwari Devi missing case, a wrist watch, some pieces of bones and few other articles were on Saturday recovered from Rajiv Gandhi lift canal near Jaloda village where her remains were allegedly dumped.

“A wrist watch, some pieces of bones and a few articles, including a ring and a locket, were recovered from the canal. It is subject to verification whether the articles were of Bhanwari Devi,” a police official said.

The recovery was made by a joint team of police and the CBI.

The Rajasthan government has stopped water supply to the canal to enable the investigators to locate the remains of Bhanwari.

Kailash Jakhar, an accused in the case, had told CBI that he and his accomplice Bishnaram Bishnoi were handed over Bhanwari’s body on September 1, 2011 after which they burnt it in a crater near Jaloda and threw the remains in the canal.

CBI officials said they will bring Bishnaram at the spot in Jaloda village, about 150 km from Jodhpur, for verification of these articles.

The divers had yesterday recovered a wooden bat, a poly bag containing two country made revolvers, a few bangles and bone pieces from the canal.

A team of Central Forensic Science Laboratory had yesterday sent the ashes collected from the site, where the body was allegedly burnt, to New Delhi for a DNA test to ascertain if they were the remains of Bhanwari.

Bhanwari had gone missing on September 1, 2011 after a CD allegedly showing her in a compromising position with Maderna was circulated in the political circle.

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