Simi Members Encounter

A US State Department report has sharply criticised the Indian government over alleged human rights violations, citing the police case against activist Teesta Setalvad and killing of eight suspected SIMI members in an encounter in Madhya Pradesh.

In a U-turn from its earlier stand, the Madhya Pradesh government today announced a judicial inquiry into both the jail break and the encounter of the eight SIMI men on Monday.

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 country's top human rights body has sought an explanation from the Madhya Pradesh government on the killings of eight SIMI men in an encounter near Bhopal early on Monday morning.

Bhupendra Singh today said the SIMI activists who were gunned down in an encounter with police on October 31 after a jail-break were armed, contradicting the state ATS chief's statement that they had no weapons.

The eight members of SIMI who were shot dead in Bhopal hours after escaping from jail were not armed when they were killed, the chief of Madhya Pradesh's anti-terror squad told NDTV today.

The manner in which eight members of banned group SIMI were gunned down in Madhya Pradesh is being questioned by the country's top human rights body and the opposition. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has declared that offensive.

He watched his colleague die after members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) slit his throat with a sharpened steel plate before escaping from the Bhopal Central Prison on Sunday night.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today attended the funeral of Head Constable Ramashankar Yadav, the jail guard killed by eight members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India or SIMI, as they escaped from a Bhopal prison on Monday.

As the Madhya Pradesh police faced questions over the killing of eight members of the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) on Monday, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said the police or forces should not be questioned.

After the police gunned down eight members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India or SIMI, the top official at the prison that they escaped from in Bhopal has said the jailbreak was waiting to happen. "If you have so many SIMI prisoners (in one place), something like this is bound to happen," he told NDTV today.

Pummeled with serious questions about the killing of eight terror suspects of the Students' Islamic Movement of India or SIMI in Bhopal, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today accused opposition parties of "dirty politics" over the killing of men he described as "dreaded terrorists".

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.

A US State Department report has sharply criticised the Indian government over alleged human rights violations, citing the police case against activist Teesta Setalvad and killing of eight suspected SIMI members in an encounter in Madhya Pradesh.

In a U-turn from its earlier stand, the Madhya Pradesh government today announced a judicial inquiry into both the jail break and the encounter of the eight SIMI men on Monday.

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 country's top human rights body has sought an explanation from the Madhya Pradesh government on the killings of eight SIMI men in an encounter near Bhopal early on Monday morning.

Bhupendra Singh today said the SIMI activists who were gunned down in an encounter with police on October 31 after a jail-break were armed, contradicting the state ATS chief's statement that they had no weapons.

The eight members of SIMI who were shot dead in Bhopal hours after escaping from jail were not armed when they were killed, the chief of Madhya Pradesh's anti-terror squad told NDTV today.

The manner in which eight members of banned group SIMI were gunned down in Madhya Pradesh is being questioned by the country's top human rights body and the opposition. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has declared that offensive.

He watched his colleague die after members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) slit his throat with a sharpened steel plate before escaping from the Bhopal Central Prison on Sunday night.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today attended the funeral of Head Constable Ramashankar Yadav, the jail guard killed by eight members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India or SIMI, as they escaped from a Bhopal prison on Monday.

As the Madhya Pradesh police faced questions over the killing of eight members of the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) on Monday, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said the police or forces should not be questioned.

After the police gunned down eight members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India or SIMI, the top official at the prison that they escaped from in Bhopal has said the jailbreak was waiting to happen. "If you have so many SIMI prisoners (in one place), something like this is bound to happen," he told NDTV today.

Pummeled with serious questions about the killing of eight terror suspects of the Students' Islamic Movement of India or SIMI in Bhopal, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today accused opposition parties of "dirty politics" over the killing of men he described as "dreaded terrorists".

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.