Simis Osama tilt not the provocation: Centre.

STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Sept. 28. The Centre today said its decision to ban the Simi was not provoked by the organisations office-bearers defending Osama Bin Laden and pasting posters against the USA and India. The home secretary, Mr Kamal Pandey, today said the Centre had been keeping tabs on the organisations activities for the past few months to prepare a foolproof case against it before the Union Cabinet, which met on Wednesday night, took a decision on the ban. States like Maharashtra, UP and MP had demanded banning the outfit. According to Section 4 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act under which the outfit was banned, the Centre, within 30 days of …