Two members of the terrorist organisation Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) killed in a police encounter in Nalgonda district of Telangana on Saturday were suspected to be involved in bank and train robberies in Odisha.
Sources said the SIMI members were also involved in the robbery in Jharsuguda Gramina Bank in May last year and the dacoity in Dhanbad-Alleppey Express near Kesinga railway station of the State. The police suspect that these operatives were also involved in several robberies in the States of Telengana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
Meanwhile, the Telangana police continued combing operations to nab one more terror suspect hiding somewhere in Nalgonda district. The police with anti-Maoist force Greyhounds are participating in the operations at different places in the district, sources said.