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Eight SIMI activists who earlier today fled from Bhopal Central Jail by killing the prison warden have been killed in an encounter in Eintkhedi village on Bhopal outskirts.
The activists of the banned SIMI had escaped from the Bhopal Central Jail by killing a security guard and scaling the prison wall with the help of bed sheets.
The names of the activists killed are Shiekh Mujeeb, Majid, Khalid, Zakir Badrul, Saleek, Aqueel, Mehboob, Amjad Ramzan. The encounter took place under Gunga police station area, about 10 kilometres from the central jail. According to sources, the encounter took place with the help of local villagers, who first sighted them.
According to eyewitnesses these terrorist hurled stones on villagers and police, later they were gunned down by the police. IG Bhopal range Yogesh Chaudhry said that these terrorist had weapons with them and they got killed in cross-firing.
They fled from Bhopal Central Jail last night. They killed security guard Ramashankar Yadav during escaping from the B block of the jail. Sources said that they overpowered the guard and opened the lock of the cell. They used bed-sheets as rope for escaping from the jail’s wall.
A reward of five lakh rupees each was announced on arrest of these terrorists. Five officers of Central Bhopal Jail including jail superintendent have been suspended after jail break incident. The action has been taken on Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan directions.
Meanwhile, Centre has sought a report from Madhya Pradesh government over the jail break incident. Sources said the Home Ministry has asked details on the escape of eight SIMI activists from Bhopal central jail last night. It also asked for whether there was any lapse on the part of the jail administration and the steps taken to check such incidents.