[3] In 2011, Mahipal Maderna was accused of being involved in a case relating to the disappearance of a nurse named Bhanwari Devi.
[6] In November 2011, Rehana, the girlfriend of the key suspect Shahabuddin, leaked an audio clip to the reporters.
In the clip, Shahabuddin is heard telling Rehana that Bhanwari Devi was handed over to the gang of Pradeep Godara, a criminal wanted by the Rajasthan police in several cases.
[8][9] Later it was revealed that Maderna and Congress legislator Malkhan Singh were hand-in-glove in the entire conspiracy as the nurse was blackmailing both of them.
The two politicians allegedly roped in a Sahiram Bishnoi, who hired Sohan Lal, Balia and Shahabuddin for the task of kidnapping the nurse.
[10] On 6 January Central Bureau of Investigation claimed to know whereabouts of disposal of Bhanwari Devi's body.