In the North of this district is Dhar, Indore and Dewas,
Maharashtra in the South, Khandwa & Burhanpur in the East and Barwani in the West.
The central security agencies were particularly anxious as four
of the seven SIMI activities, who escaped from a jail in Khandwa October 1,
2013, could be arrested only after three years and during the period of their hiding, the militants were involved in multiple incidents of terror and a bank robbery.