SIMI operatives threaten to kill Modi, hail Taliban

BHOPAL: Day after the Modi tsunami swept the country, 18 SIMI operatives led by the banned outfit's Madhya Pradesh chief, Abu Faisal, shouted pro-Taliban slogans and threatened to eliminate Narendra Modi after being produced in a court in Bhopal on Saturday.
A case was registered against SIMI activists for making provocative statements. "They have been booked under Section 153 (B) and 294 A of IPC for making assertions prejudicial to national integration," said a police officer, Brajesh Bhargava.
Faisal and 17 other SIMI members were brought to court of chief judicial magistrate Pankaj Singh Maheswari for hearing in terror-related cases and Khandwa jailbreak. SIMI operatives Abu Faisal alias Doctor, Aslam Ayub Sheikh Mehboob, Mohd Ejajuddin, Zakir Badul and Amjad Khan alias Dawood and Abid Mirza had smashed a ventilator of their barrack and scaled the wall of the Khandwa jail with blankets on October 2, 2013. One of them, Abid Mirza, was caught and thrashed by locals who mistook him for a thief. Five others were later arrested on December 24 from Barwani.