The judicial commission of enquiry has given a clean chit to the Madhya Pradesh police and Anti-Terrorists Squad in the infamous Bhopal encounter wherein eight alleged SIMI activists were gunned down on a hilltop at Eitkhedi village – 12 kilometer from Bhopal city – on October 31, 2016, after they allegedly escaped from the high-security Bhopal Central Jail.

According to this report , the document prepared by the panel headed by Justice (retired) SK Pandey has “justified” the police action, given the situation that arose following the jailbreak. But it preferred to keep mum on the following unanswered questions raised that were raised after the shootout:

Did the suspects receive an insider’s help in scaling the 30-feet high wall of the most secure jail of Madhya Pradesh?

Why were only four out of 42 CCTV cameras installed in the jail premise not functioning on the Diwali night when the alleged jailbreak happened? (These cameras would have captured the alleged movements of the suspects)

Why were the cells, in which the undertrial SIMI prisoners were lodged, left unguarded?

A prahri (jail guard) was killed in cold blood. Why did the jail authorities not find it alarming?

How did the prisoners get access to weapons (.315 bore and 12 bore country-made pistols and sharp edge knives)?

If they had connections to get weapons, why couldn’t they get a vehicle to escape?

Why did all of them move together rather than dispersing and could not go beyond 10 kilometres in eight hours?

How did three cops receive knife wounds when bullets were used in the encounter? And why were the wounded policemen brought to public?

The report seems to have ignored the postmortem report, that mentioned that all the entry wounds on the suspects’ bodies measured between 0.4 to 0.5 cm in diameter, which is consistent with small calibre weapons. It means that the bullets were pumped in from a close range. The police claimed the encounter party used AK47, Insas rifles and pistols. Had they been fired at from AK47 or Insas rifles, the size of the entry wounds would have bigger in diameter.

The slain SIMI suspects, according to the post-mortem report, got bullet injuries either on the left and right sides of their chests, hips and backs or on their heads from a close range. This shows that the police team perhaps did not make attempt to catch the suspects alive. And they were fired at above their waists, which was in violation of the Supreme Court ruling that says that the police should fire below the waist.

The judicial commission report, which can be made public after placing it in the state assembly in Winter Session in December, has indicted jail officials for accommodating double the number of prisoners compared to the capacity of the prison. It has also held the authorities responsible for not raising alarm even after the jail guard had been murdered.

The report – submitted to the Additional Chief Secretary (general administration) Prabhanshu Kamal – approved the police theory, referring to the statements recorded by the villagers, that “fugitive” prisoners were armed and cops had asked them to surrender. But they opened fire on the police party that had surrounded them on the hilltop.

The commission’s report also said that the SIMI suspects had made a rope with bedsheets and used it to scale and jump the jail wall.

Courtesy: Newsclick.in
 

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श्री अग्रवाल ने यह भी बताया कि माँग की थी कि अधिकारियों के साथ एक बैठक की जाए और उसमें भोपाल या अन्य जेलों में होने वाली इस तरह की घटनाओं को रोकने के तरीकों पर विचार किया जाए, लेकिन सरकार की तरफ से कोई जवाब नहीं मिला।

श्री अग्रवाल ने अपने पत्र में लिखा था कि अभी अन्य जेलों से सिमी आतंकियों को भोपाल सेंट्रल जेल में रखा गया है, लेकिन जेल की इमारत कमजोर है। यहां कि सुरक्षा व्यवस्था में कमी है और कर्मचारियों की स्थिति चिंतनीय है।

सेवानिवृत जेल अधिकारी ने स्टाफ की कमी का भी मसला उठाया था, और कर्मचारियों पर काम के दबाव और तनाव का भी मसला उठाया था।

जेल के मुख्य गार्ड रमाशंकर यादव की बेटी ने भी कहा है कि उनके पिता के हार्ट पेशेंट होने पर भी, और डॉक्टर के मना करने के बावजूद उनकी नाइट ड्यूटी लगाई गई, और अधिकारियों ने ऐसी हालत में भी रात को उनकी अकेले की ड्यूटी लगाई।

पूर्व आईजी (जेल) के इस खुलासे और शहीद गार्ड रमाशंकर यादव की बेटी सोनिया यादव के सवाल के बाद अब मध्य प्रदेश सरकार और मुख्यमंत्री शिवराज सिंह चौहान फिर से बुरी तरह से घिर गए हैं।

 सेंट्रल जेल से फरार सभी 8 सिमी कार्यकर्ताओं को एनकाउंटर में मार दिया गया था। पुलिस का कहना है कि ये कैदी हेड कॉन्सटेबल रमाशंकर यादव को मार कर फरार हुए थे।

Source: Khaskhabar.com

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The eight men, alleged SIMI members, were accused of having fled the jail by allegedly killing a guard. Within hours of their reported escape, they were all reportedly murdered.

Photo: ANI

A video of their cold-blooded ‘killing’ went viral raising several questions on the conduct of Madhya Pradesh police under a BJP government. Many termed it as reminiscent of the infamous Gujarat model, while politicians demanded probe.

Delhi chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, said it was a ‘serious’ development adding that a Supreme Court monitored probe must be launched.

The Delhi chief minister later also tweeted highlighting the utter lawlessness under the BJP government at the Centre, “This is Modi Raj. Fake encountrs, fake cases, Rohith Vemula, KGBansal, missing Najeeb, dalit atrocties, goondaism of ABVP, RSS, gau rakshks”

Former Jammau and Kashmir chief minister, Omar Abdullah, too called for an impartial enquiry.

He said, “Far too many questions regarding the MP “encounter” earlier today that resulted in four deaths for anything less than an impartial enquiry.”

The BJP politicians and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet colleagues defended the police action. Jitendra Singh, a minister in Modi’s cabinet, went a step further by implying that alleged fake encounter would enhance the nation’s morale.

Social media users including journalists too appeared to speak in one voice condemning the alleged police excesses.

Here are some of the reactions;





Courtesy: Janta Ka Reporter

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