Bhanwari Devi’s life was a stark contrast to the elite political circles she eventually infiltrated. Working as an auxiliary nurse midwife in a rural health sub-center near Jodhpur, she refused to be constrained by her modest socio-economic background.

In late 2011, a video recording began circulating within political circles and online platforms. The footage showed , a highly influential Cabinet Minister in Ashok Gehlot’s Congress government, in an intimate, compromising position with Bhanwari Devi , a 36-year-old auxiliary nurse and midwife (ANM) from Jodhpur.

The scandal involving Mahipal Maderna and Bhanwari Devi is one of the most high-profile cases of political intrigue and crime in Rajasthan's history. It centers on the 2011 disappearance and murder of Bhanwari Devi, an auxiliary nurse and midwife (ANM), and its ties to a controversial video CD. Case Overview

The killers transported her body to a canal in Jaloda village, where it was burned on a funeral pyre. The remaining ash and bone fragments were then dumped into the Rajiv Gandhi Lift Canal to eliminate all physical evidence.

As public outrage grew, the Rajasthan government handed the case over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The agency's findings shifted the narrative from a missing person case to a premeditated murder investigation. The Abduction and Murder