Shaheed Khalsa Force

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Organizations listed as terrorist groups by India
Northeastern India
National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) Naga National Council-Federal (NNCF) National Council of Nagaland-Khaplang United Liberation Front of Asom People's Liberation Army Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) Zomi Revolutionary Front
North India
Babbar Khalsa Bhindranwala Tigers Force of Khalistan Communist Party of India (Maoist) Dashmesh Regiment International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) Kamagata Maru Dal of Khalistan Khalistan Armed Force Khalistan Liberation Force Khalistan Commando Force Khalistan Liberation Army Khalistan Liberation Front Khalistan Liberation Organisation Khalistan National Army Khalistan Guerilla Force Khalistan Security Force Khalistan Zindabad Force Shaheed Khalsa Force
Kashmir
Lashkar-e-Toiba Jaish-e-Mohammed Hizbul Mujahideen Harkat-ul-Mujahideen Farzandan-e-Milat United Jihad Council Al-Qaeda
Central India
People's war group Balbir militias Naxals Ranvir Sena
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The Shaheed Khalsa Force (or Saheed Khalsa Force) claimed credit for marketplace bombings in New Delhi in 1997.^[1] The group was previously unknown.^[2]

[edit] Bomb blasts

Shaheed Khalsa Force had asserted that it set off three blasts in a Delhi district on October 2, 1997, wounding 27 people during a Hindu religious procession.^[1]

The same day, three bombs put in a train near Delhi killed 2 people and wounded 38, including 2 Japanese visitors and 5 Australians.^[1]

Shaheed Khalsa Force also asserted responsibility for three explosions in Delhi on October 10, 1997 that killed a child and wounded 16.^[1]

[edit] Evidence about the group

All bombings for which Shaheed Khalsa Force claimed responsibility were in the Indian capital, Delhi. After 4-5 bomb-blasts in Delhi in 1997, the group was not reported again. Delhi police never arrested any member of SKF nor identified any of its leaders, so it remains unclear if the group was real or just a hoax.