Information About Incident 66750-136097-345249 in Gajapati India

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Two top operatives of the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), Abdul Wahid Khan and Uber Sidhhiqui, told intelligence agencies and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) that Indian Mujahideen (IM) is now training human bombs to target top political leaders, including Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, in the election season, Asian Age reported on December 4. They also claimed IM had attempted to kill Narendra Modi using a human bomb at least three times during the recent Assembly campaign but failed due to the heightened security around Mr Modi.

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Two top operatives of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), Abdul Wahid Khan and Uber Sidhhiqui, told intelligence agencies and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) that Indian Mujahideen (IM) is now training human bombs to target top political leaders, including Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, in the election season, Asian Age reported on December 4. They also claimed IM had attempted to kill Narendra Modi using a human bomb at least three times during the recent Assembly campaign but failed due to the heightened security around Mr Modi. What is also worrying the intelligence agencies is that of all the jihadi outfits that operate in India, the IM has the most formidable network of sleeper cells, particularly with SIMI backing.

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66750-136097-345249 12/5/2013 India IM now training human bombs to target VVIPs, says report

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