New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Former Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna has been arrested in connection with the missing nurse Bhanwari Devi case, the CBI said here Friday.

CBI spokesperson Dharini Mishra told IANS: ‘Mahipal Maderna and Parasram Bishnoi have been arrested.’

Bishnoi is Congress legislator Malkhan Singh’s brother.

Bhanwari Devi had gone missing from Jodhpur’s Bilara area Sep 1. Prominent Jat leader Mahipal Maderna was sacked from the state cabinet by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Oct 16 over allegations that he had a role in her disappearance.