Gangsters slain in Nalgonda encounter were SIMI cadre, says DGP

Gangsters slain in Nalgonda encounter were SIMI cadre, says DGP

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Two armed gangsters, who were gunned down by police in an encounter in Nalgonda district of Telangana, were active members of banned SIMI and had been involved in a string of terror acts that included triggering of bomb blasts across the country, police said on Sunday.

The slain duo were identified as Mohammed Aijajuddeen, a native of Kareli in Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh and Mohammed Aslam alias Bilal who hailed from Ganesh Talai in Khandwa, Telangana DGP Anurag Sharma said in a release.

Aijajuddeen and Aslam were killed in a shootout with police yesterday near Janakipuram in Nalgonda district. A police constable was killed and a sub-inspector and a circle inspector were injured in the fierce gun battle.

According to police, they were part of a group of seven undertrials who had escaped from Khandwa jail in Madhya Pradesh in 2013.

Sharma said the duo were also suspected to be involved in triggering a blast in Bengaluru-Guwahati Express at Chennai Railway Station in May last year in which a woman was killed and 14 others injured. They were also believed to be involved in setting off an explosion in front of Faraskhana police station near famous Dagdusheth Halwai Ganesh temple in Pune in July last year.

They were identified with the help of finger prints, facial identifications and assistance provided by the Madhya Pradesh police, the DGP said in a release.

“Aijajuddeen and Aslam have been the active members of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in Madhya Pradesh and were involved in acts of terror in India,” Sharma said.

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