After Escape, Each SIMI Man Shot At Least Twice, Some In The Back
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 prisoners were members of the banned group SIMI or Students Islamic Movement of India and had been arrested on charges including murder, sedition and terrorism. On Sunday night, taking advantage of lax security on Diwali at the Central Jail in Bhopal, they broke out after slitting a guard's throat and were found hours later in a thickly forested area on the outskirts of the city.
