Bhopal: Four days after the eight SIMI members fled away from the Central Jail Bhopal and within hours gunned down in the outskirts of the city, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan ordered a judicial probe in the complete episode. However, the activists from different organizations are not ready to accept this judicial probe and insisting on their demand of probe by independent Commission in the supervision of Supreme Court. The opposition Congress right from the day of the incident was demanding a judicial probe in the incident. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan ordered the probe, which will be conducted by retired High Court Judge Justice SK Pandey, an official release issued late last night here said.
Justice Pandey will probe all aspects related to how SIMI activists escaped from the high security jail and the encounter that took place after that, it said. Reacting to the announcement of the probe, Congress spokesman JP Dhanopia said, Our stand is clear right from day one on the issue that the probe should be conducted by sitting High Court Judge. The same demand was also made in the petition filed in the high court on the issue.
The purported audio tape about conversation related to the encounter will also be part of overall investigation, a senior police official said. The tape, which has gone viral on social media, states that the policemen on job were getting instructions from control room to “bump them off” and “khel khatam ho gaya” (game is over now). The purported conversation took place on the day of the encounter and it was recorded and released on social media.