8 escaped SIMI terrorists killed in encounter

The eight members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India, who were facing treason charges, were killed in an encounter in Eintkhedi village on the outskirts of Bhopal, police said. State Home Minister Bhupendra Singh also confirmed the news. Police said the men were washing their faces in a river when the villagers saw them and informed the police. The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the state police arrived, following which there was an encounter between them. Three of the men had recently been caught after they escaped in an identical jailbreak three years ago. Around 2 am at the Bhopal Central Jail, the terrorists tied up one guard and allegedly killed a head constable, Rama Shankar, using sharp pieces of prison-issue meal plates and glass shards. Then they tied together bedsheets to climb several walls around the jail. The break-out was planned on Diwali night, when fireworks fill the skies in thick smoke and obscure all other noise.