A number of PFI members were earlier associated with banned organisations like the Students Islamic Movement of India and the Indian Mujahideen, National Investigation Agency (NIA) sources claim
A special NIA court in Lucknow has convicted five members of the banned organization SIMI to commit terrorist acts and sentenced them to rigorous imprisonment in the 2014 Bijnor blast case
In a January 31 notification, the Ministry of Home Affairs said that SIMI 'has been indulging in activities, which are prejudicial to the security of the country'
11 activists of SIMI guilty under IPC sections 124(A) and 153 (A)
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had announced a reward of Rs 2 lakh each for those policemen involved in the shootout
Repeating his claim that it was a fake encounter, he says that according to a Supreme Court ruling, police should fire below the waist
Around 700 police personnel, some of them in civil dress, kept a watch on the funeral procession, sources said
Information and Broadcasting Minister claimed that it has become a 'fashion' for some people to question security forces
MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan slammed the "dirty politics" being played over the killing of eight SIMI operatives by police
The 8 activists escaped from jail by killing a security guard and scaling the prison wall with the help of bed sheets
Police force in the state was sounded alert on the issue and their photos were also released on social media
8 SIMI activists were killed in an alleged encounter with police in Bhopal hours after they escaped from the high-security Bhopal Central Jail
On a specific tip off, ATS officials nabbed one Nasir Rangrez an auto rickshaw driver, from his residence