Eight SIMI activists who earlier today fled from Bhopal Central Jail by killing the prison warden have been killed in an encounter in Eintkhedi village on Bhopal outskirts.

The terrorists of the banned SIMI had escaped from the Bhopal Central Jail by killing a security guard and scaling the prison wall with the help of bed sheets.

They killed the guard by slitting his throat with steel plate and glass after overpowering him.

An intensive hunt was launched to nab the fugitives. A high alert was sounded and the Union Home Ministry sought a report from the Madhya Pradesh Government.