Bhanwari case: Minister's aide declared absconder

Jodhpur: In the latest development in the Bhanwari Devi case, the alleged key executer, Shahbuddin, was on Friday declared an absconder.

The police will attach the property of Shahbuddin.

Warrants have also been issued against two other accused, former deputy district head Sahiram Vaishnavi and Baldev.

Meanwhile, the Rajasthan Police is yet to question state Water Resources Minister Mahipal Maderna, who was seen attending a function along with Shahbuddin in a photograph.

Shahbuddin, alleged to have passed Bhanwari on to a gang from another state, called her 69 times in six days before she went missing.

Bhanwari Devi, a nurse in Jodhpur, has been missing for almost three weeks.