By Sanjeev Sirohi,
Let me at the very outset begin by voicing my seething anger and utter most dismay at the ruthless manner in which eight Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) members were killed by police in Eintkhedi village on the outskirts of Bhopal hours after they escaped from the central jail after surrounding them from all sides. They were certainly not terrorists as their cases were yet to be decided and they were just under trials. Even if terrorists escape and they are unarmed, it is the bounden duty of police to capture them alive and they have no right to spray bullets on them on the plea that they are terrorists!
How can police be so insensitive? Why police failed to realize that their staying alive was precious even if they were terrorists in order to obtain valuable information on the future strikes being planned by SIMI? Why police did not try to capture even one under trial prisoner out of the 8 alive where as it should have tried to capture all of them alive?
Police role in this entire murky affair comes under a heavy cloud as several news channels were showing audio clips suggesting that the police were being instructed to “finish them all”, and videos that show police personnel shooting at bodies on the ground. It is hard to believe police version as it is full of inconsistencies and loopholes! A lot more was said even though the voice was being disturbed by which one could draw the clear inference that policemen were being instructed to kill and they were feeling very happy to kill them. Police has to abide by rules and regulations even while apprehending terrorists and they cannot be shot dead inspite of being unarmed as most unfortunately we see here. When they could have been captured alive, why were they killed at the first instance?
Why Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan after announcing cash reward for those policemen who killed them was later compelled to order a judicial inquiry? Why CM was compelled to withheld reward for those policemen who were earlier being praised for bravery? What is the bravery in killing unarmed under trials?
Let me mince just no words to say that there are nothing but holes and holes in the government’s version about the killing of 8 SIMI operatives who had escaped from Bhopal jail. How come 8 terrorists could escape from such a heavily guarded prison after killing one policemen – Head Constable – Ramashankar Yadav and yet police then did just nothing? How come majority of the jail employees were on leave on that day?
How come they were able to travel so long and yet police could not catch them? How come they all stayed together and didn’t disburse as the absconders from jail generally do? How come no one came to know anything when these terrorists killed one policemen in jail?
communalist BIRYANI CM of MP shall be hauled up for this heinous act. Prove that the under trials were terrorists and REALLY tried to escape from the prison. Why did the police act in an insensitive manner and killed innocents. BIRYANI CM was in such a rush that he rewarded the suspected guilty policemen.
What we need to see is if there will be an impartial enquiry of it will also go down the drain like many other BJP scandals.
No hopes. We presently ruled by bhagwa terrorists
I have commented earlier too,this Biryani CM of MP shall be prosecuted alongwith guilty policemen.