SIMI encounter: MP govt puts on hold cash reward for cops

Bhopal: After ordering a judicial probe into the Bhopal jailbreak and alleged encounter of eight SIMI activists, the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh has put on hold the cash rewards it had announced for the policemen who took part in the operation, throwing up questions about its veracity.
“After the announcement of judicial probe into the incident, the government cannot give cash rewards to anyone till the completion of the inquiry,” an official said.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had announced a reward of Rs 2 lakh each for policemen involved in the shootout. However, the rights activists had demanded that the cash reward be withheld till the probe unearthed the details of the encounter.