Eight SIMI activists were killed in an alleged encounter by police on the outskirts of the city on October 31. The Madhya Pradesh government suspended Deputy Inspector General (Jails) Mansharam Patel on Tuesday for alleged negligence in connection with the jailbreak by eight SIMI activists in Bhopal last month. Patel has been suspended in connection with the jailbreak case, a senior official said on Tuesday. He was suspended on charges of negligence, the official said. The SIMI men had escaped from the high-security jail after killing a head constable on the intervening night of October 30-31.

Source: dna November 08, 2016 19:08 UTC