At first it seemed like a case of police victory: 8 men, members of the banned outfit SIMI break out of a heavily guarded jail in Bhopal. But then, barely a few hours later, they are killed in an encounter. But a trove of material has blown holes in the official version of the jailbreak and the encounter. With exclusive interviews, eyewitness accounts and police records, we have pieced together a detailed account of one of the most controversial episode of recent times.