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Two
Madhya Pradesh officials fired for releasing SIMI members
Saturday February 05, 2011 11:55:56 AM,
IANS
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Congress
demands probe into release of SIMI members
The opposition
Congress in Madhya Pradesh Friday alleged that a Bharatiya Janata
Party minister and officials took Rs.3 crore bribe to release five
activists of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI)
from jail on
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Bhopal: The Madhya
Pradesh government Friday removed the principal secretary for
jails and suspended the deputy jailer of Khachrod sub-jail in
Ujjain over the release of five activists of the banned Students
Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).
Sudesh Kumar, who was principal secretary for jails, was removed
and Ashok Das, principal secretary in home department, given the
additional charge. Sanjiv Gandhle, deputy jailer of Khachrod
sub-jail in Ujjain district, was also suspended over the release
of five SIMI members on Republic Day Jan 26.
The Shivraj Singh Chouhan government issued a press communique in
this regard.
The move comes after Congress spokesperson K.K. Mishra alleged
that Minister for Jails Jagdish Devda, principal secretary for
jails Sudesh Kumar, director general for jails V.K. Pawar and
state BJP's general secretary Tapan Bhowmick took Rs.3 crore bribe
and conspired to release the five SIMI members.
On every Republic and Independence Day the government releases
prisoners who have completed half of their term and showed good
conduct during the period.
The five SIMI members were convicted Jan 12 this year for
"anti-national activities". They were arrested on March 31, 2008
for allegedly possessing some "anti-national literature" and
"weapons". They had since been in custody. Till this year's
Republic Day, they had spent over 33 months in jail, around half
of the five-year sentence they were awarded.
The five member of SIMI - Jadil Parwaj, Aiyaz Riyaz Ahmed, Akbar
Afzal Khan, Mehruddin Shaikh and Irshad Ali were released Jan 26.
The Bajrang Dal has demonstrated widely on the issue and demanded
the re-arrest of SIMI members. The Congress Friday raised the
issue and levelled charges against the government and its
officials.
On Thursday, the government had removed director general for jails
V.K. Pawar.
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