Amid high security, body of banned Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) activist Ejaz Udddin, who was killed in an encounter in Telangana was handed over to his family for last rites at Janata Colony of Karond area on Tuesday. Ejaz Udddin was a resident of Janta Colony of the city and was shot dead in an encounter on April 4 in Telangana State. The body was brought to the city on Tuesday and handed over to the family members and subsequently, the last rites were performed in the afternoon.
Notably, two SIMI activists were shot dead in an encounter in Nalgonda district of Telangana on April 4, 2015. In the encounter, a police personnel lost his life. On April 2, 2015 during routine checking, they shot two on duty police personnel, but were spotted while escaping police checking on April 4 morning and were shot dead by the police in encounter. The two were identified as Ejaz Udddin and Aslam, who along with five other terrorists, escaped from Khandwa jail on October 1, 2013. Ejaz Uddin’s father Aziz Uddin said that he and his family members had severed relationship with Ejaz eight years ago. After he had deserted home eight years ago, he never returned, he added.