About the Book: Indian Mujaheedin and SIMI: A Fact and Profile of Home Grown
Jehadi Terrorist
Investigators believe that Indian Mujahideen is one of many groups composed of
lower inter SIMI members. According to the security agencies, SIMI took new
titles because the top leadership of SIMI have been detained and would be
available for interrogation. The change in names is believed to signal a change
in tactics as SIMI affiliate militants attempts to garner more support from
Indias Muslim community rather than be seen as a group consisting of foreigners.
The biggest and boldest attack to date by the group was the 2008 Ahmedabad
serial blasts,