Bhopal Jail Break

The BJP's Bhopal candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, a Malegaon blast accused whose participation in the election has generated a huge political controversy, broke down today while alleging torture in jail. Sadhvi Pragya Thakur joined the BJP yesterday and was named the Bhopal candidate soon after.

A judicial commission appointed to probe the encounter of eight alleged SIMI activists after their escape from the highly-fortified Bhopal Central Jail on October 31, 2016, has termed the police action justified. The commission, headed by retired judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court SK Pandey, has also given a clean chit to the police.

A judicial commission set up to investigate the alleged gunning down of eight suspected SIMI activists after their escape from the highly-fortified Bhopal Central Jail on October 31 last has submitted its report to the Madhya Pradesh government.

At the Bhopal Central Jail, where eight members of the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India or SIMI managed a daring prison break last week before being gunned down hours later, around 80 guards are "missing".

The eight men who were gunned down hours after they escaped from a jail in Bhopal were each shot at least twice, some of them in the back, according to post-mortem reports.

The lawyer of the eight SIMI terror-accused killed in an encounter by the Madhya Pradesh police has demanded a CBI investigation alleging that their jailbreak hours before they were killed was a set-up.

Amid controversy over the "encounter" killing of eight alleged SIMI terrorists by Madhya Pradesh Police, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan took a dig at opposition parties saying that for them "human rights are only for terrorists," while "the lives of soldiers don't matter."

The eight members of banned group SIMI that escaped from prison and were then gunned down on Sunday "were planning a huge terror attack," said Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bhupinder Singh to NDTV, adding that a "big network" made their jail break possible.

A day after eight SIMI activists were killed in an alleged police encounter following a daring prison break in Bhopal, their families have decided to approach the Madhya Pradesh High Court seeking a CBI probe into what they dubbed as "cold-blooded murders".

While a video showed prisoners who escaped from a Bhopal jail being shot at close range, raising serious questions about the police's action, the Minister of Jails for Madhya Pradesh told NDTV that "You should praise us for killing the accused even though they escaped" while admitting to "lapses".

"Zinda Hai, Maaro" - he is alive, shoot him - a policeman is heard saying in one of the mobile phone videos that have emerged after the killing of eight terror suspects from the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India or SIMI on Monday, hours after their dramatic prison-break.

The eight men from banned group Students' Islamic Movement of India or SIMI, who broke out of a high security prison in Bhopal and were killed in police encounter hours later on Monday, had used "toothbrush and wood" to forge keys to open the locks of their jail barracks, police said.

Head Constable Ramashankar Yadav, killed by SIMI activists for escaping from jail in Bhopal, was a doting father who was excited over forthcoming marriage of his daughter but the tragedy has now pushed the family into profound grief.

The police in Madhya Pradesh confronted tough questions on Monday after eight terror suspects from the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India or SIMI broke out of jail in Bhopal and were shot dead hours later.

Eight members of the banned group Students' Islamic Movement of India or SIMI were killed on Monday hours after they escaped from a high security prison in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal after slitting the throat of a guard using a sharp weapon made from steel plates.

The BJP's Bhopal candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, a Malegaon blast accused whose participation in the election has generated a huge political controversy, broke down today while alleging torture in jail. Sadhvi Pragya Thakur joined the BJP yesterday and was named the Bhopal candidate soon after.

A judicial commission appointed to probe the encounter of eight alleged SIMI activists after their escape from the highly-fortified Bhopal Central Jail on October 31, 2016, has termed the police action justified. The commission, headed by retired judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court SK Pandey, has also given a clean chit to the police.

A judicial commission set up to investigate the alleged gunning down of eight suspected SIMI activists after their escape from the highly-fortified Bhopal Central Jail on October 31 last has submitted its report to the Madhya Pradesh government.

At the Bhopal Central Jail, where eight members of the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India or SIMI managed a daring prison break last week before being gunned down hours later, around 80 guards are "missing".

The eight men who were gunned down hours after they escaped from a jail in Bhopal were each shot at least twice, some of them in the back, according to post-mortem reports.

The lawyer of the eight SIMI terror-accused killed in an encounter by the Madhya Pradesh police has demanded a CBI investigation alleging that their jailbreak hours before they were killed was a set-up.

Amid controversy over the "encounter" killing of eight alleged SIMI terrorists by Madhya Pradesh Police, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan took a dig at opposition parties saying that for them "human rights are only for terrorists," while "the lives of soldiers don't matter."

The eight members of banned group SIMI that escaped from prison and were then gunned down on Sunday "were planning a huge terror attack," said Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bhupinder Singh to NDTV, adding that a "big network" made their jail break possible.

A day after eight SIMI activists were killed in an alleged police encounter following a daring prison break in Bhopal, their families have decided to approach the Madhya Pradesh High Court seeking a CBI probe into what they dubbed as "cold-blooded murders".

While a video showed prisoners who escaped from a Bhopal jail being shot at close range, raising serious questions about the police's action, the Minister of Jails for Madhya Pradesh told NDTV that "You should praise us for killing the accused even though they escaped" while admitting to "lapses".

"Zinda Hai, Maaro" - he is alive, shoot him - a policeman is heard saying in one of the mobile phone videos that have emerged after the killing of eight terror suspects from the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India or SIMI on Monday, hours after their dramatic prison-break.

The eight men from banned group Students' Islamic Movement of India or SIMI, who broke out of a high security prison in Bhopal and were killed in police encounter hours later on Monday, had used "toothbrush and wood" to forge keys to open the locks of their jail barracks, police said.

Head Constable Ramashankar Yadav, killed by SIMI activists for escaping from jail in Bhopal, was a doting father who was excited over forthcoming marriage of his daughter but the tragedy has now pushed the family into profound grief.

The police in Madhya Pradesh confronted tough questions on Monday after eight terror suspects from the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India or SIMI broke out of jail in Bhopal and were shot dead hours later.

Eight members of the banned group Students' Islamic Movement of India or SIMI were killed on Monday hours after they escaped from a high security prison in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal after slitting the throat of a guard using a sharp weapon made from steel plates.