13 held in M.P.

By Our Staff Correspondent

BHOPAL, SEPT. 28. The Madhya Pradesh police arrested today 13 persons following the Centre's decision to ban the Students' Islamic Movement of India. When contacted, the State Principal Secretary (Home), Mr. Nanhe Singh, said that the situation was ``fully under control''.

SIMI has been active in Madhya Pradesh for quite some time now and its volunteers have been engaged in expanding its network. Some provocative posters that surfaced in different parts of the State in the recent past, particularly in the State Capital, have also been linked to the SIMI.

It was in this backdrop that the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr. Digvijay Singh, had written to the Union Home Minister, Mr. L.K. Advani, earlier this year demanding that organisations like the Bajrang Dal and SIMI be banned immediately.

In his letter, the Chief Minister had expressed concern over the arms training camps organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal at Indore, Gwalior and Jabalpur. It was due to these training camps that the youth belonging to the minority community had started reacting, the Chief Minister had said adding that all this was leading to unnecessary tension.

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