SIMI encounter: Did MP police kill 8 undertrials armed with just utensils?
The encounter of 8 undertrial activists of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in the outskirts of Bhopal has kicked up a political storm.
The 8 SIMI cadres are said to have escaped from Bhopal Central Jail early on Monday morning after allegedly killing a police constable.
They were gunned down on Monday in Eintkedi near Bhopal but Opposition parties have raised questions over the encounter.
A video released by various media outfits showed policemen firing at terrorists who were already dead and abusing them.
@umashankarsingh watch the 'deadly arms recovered from Simi terrorists', police firing at a body lying on the ground pic.twitter.com/CD6Dd1y6lW
— umashankar singh (@umashankarsingh) October 31, 2016
The video also showed a dagger-like weapon being recovered from the bodies of one of the deceased. The authenticity of the video is yet to confirmed.
Opposition parties have raised questions over the encounter. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has demanded a Supreme Court monitored probe.
AIMIM President Barrister Asaduddin Owaisi speaks on 8 #SIMI terrorists who escaped #Bhopal Jail killed in encounter @asadowaisi pic.twitter.com/I86vpEXuDI
— Syed Abdahu Kashaf (@syedKashaf95) October 31, 2016
सरकारी जेल से भागे हैं या किसी योजना के तहत भगाये गये हैं ? जॉंच का विषय होना चाहिये। दंगा फ़साद ना हो प्रशासन को नज़र रखना पड़ेगा।
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) October 31, 2016
SIMI और बजरंग दल पर मैंने प्रतिबंध लगाने की सिफ़ारिश तत्कालीन NDA सरकार से की थी। उन्होंने SIMI पर तो लगा दिया बजरंग दल पर नहीं लगाया।
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) October 31, 2016
आतंकी मारे गए,अच्छा हुआ
— Alka Lamba (@LambaAlka) October 31, 2016
8आतंकियों का एक साथ भागना
फिर कुछ घंटों बाद एक ही साथ एनकाउंटर में मारे जाना।
सरकार के पास "व्यापम" फार्मूला भी था। https://t.co/LOQ84sN8zt
'Sharpened spoons' needed to be met with bullets? Who is the MP Govt fooling? #FakeEncounter #SIMIJailBreak https://t.co/q54SDNLNA0
— Kavita Krishnan (@kavita_krishnan) October 31, 2016
Senior journalist Vinod Kapri said that the entire affair seemed suspicous.
#bhopalencounter:संदिग्ध आतंकियों का एक साथ जेल से भागना और सबका एक साथ एक ही जगह पर एनकाउंटर हो जाना सबकुछ संदिग्ध है।
— Vinod Kapri (@vinodkapri) October 31, 2016
#BhopalEncounter:'terrorists' fled only 10 kms in 8 hours ? And How come they managed semi automatic weapons ?
— Vinod Kapri (@vinodkapri) October 31, 2016
Dear Channels , bhopal jail break : they were terrorists or terror suspects ?
— Vinod Kapri (@vinodkapri) October 31, 2016
Sushant Singh of Indian Express
questioned media coverage of the incident, stressing that they were undertrials, not terrorists.
Correct me if I am wrong. The SIMI members who were killed were undertrials, not even convicted yet. Right? How did they become terrorists?
— Sushant Singh (@SushantSin) October 31, 2016
What made matters worse for the Madhya Pradesh government, was the home minister's statement that the police had no choice but to kill the terrorists as they weren't carrying a gun. He also told the media that they were armed with utensils.
Conclusion: pic.twitter.com/tSTvoW2yUv
— Raju Das | ৰাজু দাস (@rajudasonline) October 31, 2016
Meanwhile Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan came out strongly in defence of the encounter.
सिमी के सभी ८ आतंकियों को जनता के सहयोग से प्रदेश पुलिस ने मुठभेड़ में मार गिराने का कार्य किया है, उनके साहस और पराक्रम की सराहना करता हूँ।
— ShivrajSingh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) October 31, 2016
सिमी के सभी फरार आतंकियों के मारे जाने से पूरे प्रदेश ने राहत की साँस ली है और सुरक्षा को लेकर मेरी भी चिंता समाप्त हुई है।
— ShivrajSingh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) October 31, 2016
सिमी आतंकियों का भाग निकलना अत्यंत गंभीर घटना है, दोषियों के विरुद्ध तथ्यों के आधार पर कठोरतम कार्रवाई करेंगे।
— ShivrajSingh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) October 31, 2016
First published: 31 October 2016, 6:28 ISTकेन्द्रीय गृह मंत्री श्री @rajnathsingh से इस आतंकी घटना की नेशनल इन्वेस्टिगेशन एजेंसी (NIA) से जाँच कराने के लिए आग्रह किया है।
— ShivrajSingh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) October 31, 2016
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