NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Centre and Madhya Pradesh government on a plea seeing CBI/SIT probe into encounter killing of eight under-trail prisoners who were shot dead after fleeing away from Central Jail in Bhopal The prisoners, allegedly belonging to Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), had escaped from the Jail in the intervening night of October 30/31 last year but were killed hours thereafter in an encounter in an isolated forest area 15 km away from the prison premises. Alleging that they were killed in a fake encounter, relative of one of the killed prisoners moved apex court seeking probe by Special Investigation Team of CBI.Agreeing to hear her plea, a bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Navin Sinha issued notice to the Centre and state government seeking their response on her allegations.The petitioner, Mehmooda Salim Muchhale, alleged that the ongoing investigation was not fair as it was being carried out under the influence of state government.“The main grievance of petitioner is that the manner in which the investigation is being carried out and the manner in which MP government has hastily passed an order of inquiry by the IPS officer and thereafter, appointed a commission under retired Judge of HC under the Commissions of Inquiry Act and also the way in which the Chief Minister has went on declaring rewards for the police personnel involved in the alleged extra judicial killing of the innocent, unarmed under trial prisoners,” the petition said.“None of these inquiries are said to be conducted out of the influence of state government and its authorities, the complicity of whom in the alleged encounter killing is in question and therefore, no matter how many inquiries are initiated by MP Government to investigate the matter it will not yield any result unless such inquiries are done out of the influence of the state authorities,” it saidThe state government had already ordered inquiry in the case by a retired Judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice S K Pande in addition to Magisterial inquiry by a Sub Divisional Magistrate.The petitioner had first approached the Madhya Pradesh High Court which dismissed his plea.Challenging the HC order, the petitioner said "The HC has erred in not considering that the one man Commission has not permitted the petitioner and other relatives of the deceased under trial prisoners killed in the encounter to participate in the proceeding and also not permitted to cross examine the version of the police official. Therefore, grave injustice has occurred to them"."The High Court ought to have appreciated that the promotion and instant rewards given by the state government to the police officials involves in the said encounter is against the spirit and directions of this Court," he said.