Why no CBI probe in SIMI encounter: SC

THE MP GOVERNMENT FACED SEVERE CRITICISM AFTER EIGHT SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF THE BANNED SIMI WERE KILLED ON OCTOBER 31

The Supreme Court has asked the Centre and Madhya Pradesh government to explain why the CBI was not called in to investigate last year’s gunfight that left eight suspected SIMI men dead after a jailbreak in Bhopal.

The Madhya Pradesh government faced severe criticism after eight suspected members of the banned Students Islamic Federation of India were killed in an encounter on October 31, forcing it to order a judicial probe. The probe is still going on.

Police were accused of staging the gunfight that took place around five kilometers from the Bhopal Central Jail.

The mother of one of the eight men has requested the court to order a probe by the CBI or a set up a special investigation team.