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8 killed in Encounter after Jail Break: Fake or Real?

By:  Tupaki Desk   |   2 Nov 2016 3:05 PM IST
8 killed in Encounter after Jail Break: Fake or Real?
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As many as eight SIMI Terrorists were killed in an police encounter hours after they escaped from the high security Central Prison upon killing a guard on Monday in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. While seven of them were buried in various parts of Madhya Pradesh, Body of one of the deceased was taken to Gujarat.

More than 2,000 people participated in the funeral procession. Around 700 police personnel have been deployed at the funeral site to prevent any untoward incidents.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) serves notice to Madhya Pradesh Government, Jail Authorities and Police Department over this encounter after taking duo motu cognizance.

Opposition Parties described the encounter as fake and alleges unarmed youth have been shot from a point blank range. They even demanded a judicial probe on the encounter.

A local man alleges the video captured by him during the encounter has been forcibly deleted by the police. The encounter site wasn't cordoned off and that allowed scores of visitors to visit it. As a result, The crucial forensic evidence got destroyed. When quizzed about it, Additional SP Dharamveer Singh informed Police has already recovered physical evidence from the spot and they hadn't left anything other the blood strains.