Abhinandan Mishra By

BHOPAL: The Bhopal district court on Saturday witnessed high voltage drama after alleged members of banned Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), who were being produced before the court, started shouting pro Taliban and anti-Modi slogans.

The alleged terrorists, who have been arrested by the state police for various operations in the last couple of years, were brought for hearing in the court of Special Judge B S Bhadoria and Chief Judicial Magistrate Pankaj Singh Maheshwari.

“As they were being taken to the police van, they started shouting “Taliban zindabad” (long live Taliban) and “Ab Modi ki baari hai” (Now it is Modi’s turn). The situation would have turned tense if the police would not have frisked them away as some lawyers became agitated”, Sandip Mishra, a lawyer said.

According to the police, the accused were produced before the court for cases related to last year’s Khandwa prison break and attack on policemen.

“In midst of their tirade against Modi, they also flashed victory sign. By the time the lawyers could come out the police men accompanying the prisoners quickly took them away”, another lawyer, requesting anonymity said.