Mumbai-based SIMI activist escapes MP dragnet

June 24, 2011 13:51

Three activists of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India were arrested from Ratlam by the Madhya Pradesh police, reports PTI.

Acting on a tip-off, the Ratlam police arrested SIMI activists Mohammed Hussein, Mohammed Rafiq and Mohammed Ashiq yesterday and booked them for unlawful activities under various sections of the IPC, the police said today.

However, another SIMI activist, Maulana Mumtaz, who hails from Jogeshwari in Mumbai, is absconding, they said.

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