Information About Incident 32954-60590-141896 in Mandsaur India

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Meanwhile, the investigators interrogating the 13 SIMI leaders arrested in Madhya Pradesh last week have claimed that the banned outfit were planning to kill top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including the Leader of Opposition L. K. Advani, and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

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Zee News reports that a team of Madhya Pradesh Police arrested five cadres of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) on March 31 (today) from an unspecified location. Meanwhile, the investigators interrogating the 13 SIMI leaders arrested in Madhya Pradesh last week have claimed that the banned outfit were planning to kill top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including the Leader of Opposition L. K. Advani, and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The investigators further claimed that the SIMI was even running training camps for militants to carry out terrorist attacks in the country. The Superintendent of Police in Indore, Anshuman Yadav, said, "Those arrested were planning to disrupt peace, law and order by trying to eliminate some top rung politicians including Uma Bharti, VHP [Vishwa Hindu Parishad] leaders Ashok Singhal and Praveen Togadia."

Event ID Date Country Storyhead
32954-60590-141896 3/31/2008 India Five more SIMI cadres arrested in Madhya Pradesh

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