Sacked Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna and Congress MLA Malkhan Singh Bishnoi have been named as the main accused by the CBI in the second charge sheet filed in the Bhanwari Devi case charging them with abduction and murder.

In the 97-page supplementary charge sheet filed in a jam-packed CBI court here, Maderna, Malkhan and seven others have been charged under Sections 302 (murder), 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy), 364 (abduction), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence or giving false information to screen offender) of IPC and SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Bhanwari's husband Amarchand too has been charged under the same sections except for murder and those under the SC/ST Act. The seven other accused named in the charge sheet are Sahiram Bishnoi, Parasram Bishnoi, Umesharam Bishnoi, Bishnaram Bishnoi, Kailash Jakhar, Ashok Bishnoi and Omprakash Bishnoi.

Nurse Bhanwari Devi, 36, had gone missing from Jodhpur's Bilara area on September 1 last year following which her husband had filed a habeas corpus petition in the high court.

After the state government ordered a CBI probe into the case, the agency arrested Mahipal Maderna on December 3 and Congress MLA Malkhan Singh on December 19 for their alleged involvement in the case.

Soon after her death, a sleaze CD was circulated allegedly featuring Maderna and Bhanwari. Maderna was removed by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot from his ministry in October after his name cropped up in the case.