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8 SIMI terrorists who escaped from Bhopal jail killed in encounter

BHOPAL: It took only eight hours for the Madhya Pradesh police and its Anti-Terrorist squad (ATS) to chase and kill the eight Student Islamic Movement of India ( SIMI ) terrorists after theyearly this morning, having killed a head constable and scaling the walls of the 'high-security' premises using prison bed sheets.They were cornered and gunned down 10km away from the prison, on the outskirts of the city, in a joint operation of the city police, a counter terrorist group (CTG) and an ATS team led by IPS officer Sanjeev Shami.Following information they received from villagers in the area, policenear Manikheda, which comes under the Gunga police station."When they (the terrorists) were confronted by a few of the villagers, they started pelting stones. Villagers mistook them for robbers and alerted the police. When they were asked to surrender, they opened fire, forcing the police to retaliate," said IG Yogesh Chaudhary, who was part of the operation. Two policemen were also injured in the encounter which lasted for nearly an hour. They were carrying dates and other food materials with them. Efforts are being made to trace the identity of those who supported them inMeanwhile, Madhya chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said four police officials have been suspended and that the NIA will probe the jail-break. He said he spoke to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and suggested the NIA should carry out the investigation in the matter."I spoke about how the NIA should carry out the investigation in the matter. The home minister agreed,” the chief minister said.The terrorists were identified as Mohammad Aqeel Khilji alias Abdullah s/o Mohammad Yusuf, Mehboob Guddu alias Malik s/o Ismail of Khandwa (MP), Mohammad Khalid Ahmad s/o Mohammad Saleem of Sholapur Maharashtra, Mujeeb Sheikh alias Akram alias Wasim alias Nawed alias Nitin alias Faizan alias Chintoo alias Yusuf s/o Zamal Ahmad resident of Juhapura (Ahmedabad) Gujarat, Amzad s/o Ramzan Khan, Zakir Hussein Sheikh alias Vicky don alias Vinay Kumar s/o Badalul Hussein and Abdul Majid s/o Mohammad Yusuf of Ujjain (MP).Most of them had been charged with terror and other heinous crimes, as they were linked to home-grown terror outfits like the Indian Mujahedeen.Of the eight terrorists who escaped today, Zakir Hussein Sheikh, Mehboob Guddu and Amzad were involved in the October 2013- Khandwa jail break incident in which four others - led by SIMI's MP chief Abu Faisal - used iron bars to dig a hole in the toilet wall from where they got out of their cells. After that, they also used prison bed-sheets to scale the 20-foot high boundary wall.This morning, SIMI operatives took along five other members. Their modus operandi was very similar to the one used in Khandwa."Eight SIMI activists escaped around 2-3am by killing a jail security guard," DIG Bhopal Raman Singh told the media early this morning. Most of the escapees has been charged with terror and other heinous crimes and many of them were linked to home-grown terror outfits like the Indian Mujahedeen.Home minister Bhupendra Singh called the jail break "unfortunate". During a recent coordination meeting chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had asked jail, said the home minister.