Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Pic/AFP

Bhopal: Days after eight SIMI men who escaped from the central prison here were killed in controversial police action, the Madhya Pradesh government has ordered a judicial probe into the sensational jail-break and the alleged encounter giving into the opposition's demand.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan ordered the probe, which will be conducted by retired High Court Judge Justice SK Pandey, an official release issued late Thursday night  said. "Justice Pandey will probe all aspects related to how SIMI activists escaped from the high security jail and the encounter that took place after that," it said.