Demand safety, better security arrangements
BHOPAL: After the eight men of banned Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) gunned down in an encounter, the remaining others in Central Jail staged a sit-in and hunger strike demanding better security and safety for them.
There were 29 members of outlawed SIMI in Central Jail and after elimination of eight there are still 21 SIMI men including Abu Faizal who was awarded life term by the then ADJ BS Bhadauria in November 2015. Remaining SIMI operatives are gripped by tension after the encounter due to which they are demonstrating in the central jail.
Advocate Pervez Alam said, “SIMI operatives staged a sit-in demanding safety and security in jail after the murder of head constable Ramashankar Yadav and the consequent encounter. They have demanded security measurers for the better safety for them. The remaining SIMI operatives are very terrorised and are in tensed.”
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He said, “We demand from jail administration to allow counsel to meet SIMI men with security and to take stock of the situation under which others escaped so that we can put up our stand in High Court. After permission, we will visit central jail as we have to file petition in the High Court for judicial probe.”
“Since they raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, they were under scanner and even they were not brought to court for regular trial.
They appeared in the court through video conferencing.
So SIMI operatives could not share their views with judges,” Alam added.
