Srinagar, Nov 01 (KNS): Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI M), polit bureau on Tuesday expressed serious doubts about the veracity of the claims being made with regard to the encounter in Bhopal in which eight under trials, whose guilt had not been established, were killed.
“The eight killed are suspected to have links with the SIMI and were facing trial in various cases. How the accused could have escaped from a high security prison, also raises serious questions. The state government owes a full explanation how this occurred,” CPI (M) said in a statement issued to KNS.
The spokesman of CPI (M) said that the claim by the Madhya Pradesh Police that the accused were shot dead after they were attacked by these men who were armed is contradicted by the state’s Home Minister Bhupendra Singh. “That these men could secure arms while being unable to get a vehicle to make good their escape sounds implausible,” he said.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
Spokesman said that the video clips that have surfaced of the incident show policemen shooting at one of the ‘escapees’ as he lies on the ground. “Another shows them waving at policemen, presumably indicating that they want to surrender. All these raise serious doubts about the veracity of the police claims,” he said.
In the light of these concerns, the Polit Bureau of the CPI (M) demands that a judicial enquiry headed by a sitting judge be constituted to conduct a thorough investigation into the entire episode. “The Chief Minister has announced that an enquiry would be conducted by the NIA. Such an enquiry would neither be credible nor acceptable,” he said. (KNS)