A case has been registered in the Pithampur police station. Besides sedition, they have been charged with fomenting communal disturbances among other offences. They will be produced in court tomorrow.

IG (Indore) Anil Kumar said the activists were being trained for anti-national activities with the help of a training syllabus and equipment. He alleged that the organisation was linked to the underworld and Pakistani-based organisations, adding that its association with terror groups like the al Qaeda could not be ruled out.

Teams from Maharashtra, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh are reaching Indore to interrogate the activists in connection with the blasts that took place in their states.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan suggested that SIMI could be behind several incidents of communal violence that took place in Madhya Pradesh, especially in Indore and other parts of Malwa region.