SIMI activists’ remand extended

A local Indore court on Monday extended the police remand of five SIMI activists,including the two wanted in connection with the Ahmedabad blasts case,by two more days. Allowing the police application,Judicial Magistrate First Class D K Singh extended the custody of Mohammed Shafiq,Mohammed Yunus,Sheikh Sajid,Arshad Khan and Firoz Khan,police said. The remand was extended after the police said they wanted to question the accused to extract vital information regarding the role of SIMI in serious cases following some inputs.