ATS of MP police takes SIMI operative on 15-day remand

10 March, Rourkela (Odisha)

The anti-terrorist squad (ATS) of Madhya Pradesh police Thursday took Mohammad Salek, one of the five terrorists of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) arrested by the Odisha police, on a 15-day remand for further interrogation.

The ATS team had submitted a special request petition before the SDJM here, sent by the Second Additional District Sessions Court, Bhopal to take Mohammad Salek further investigation. The SJM court accepted the request and allowed the ATS team to take the SIMI operative on a 15-day remand.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has already taken three other SIMI terroristsAmjad Khan, Zakir Hussein and Sheikh Mehmoob on a 15-day remand to Bhopal for further interrogation.

Five SIMI ultras, including a woman, mother of one of the operatives,all residents of Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh were arrested by the police from the steel city last month.

All of them were considered as most-wanted terrorists in the country and the NIA had announced Rs 10 lakh reward on each of their heads.