Third Mumbai youth who joined ISIS in Syria dead

The police have recorded the statement of the father and intimated the NIA about the same.

The National Investigation Agency is verifying the claims made by a person who claimed that Fahad Shaikh, the youth from Kalyan, Maharashtra who had joined the Islamic State has been killed.

A person is said to have called Shaikh's father and informed him about the death of his son. Your son is no more, he died fighting in Syria and his last rites will be performed soon, the caller also said.

Four persons from Kalyan left for Syria and joined the ISIS in 2014. While Areeb Majeed, one of the youth returned two others Aman Tandel and Shaheem Tanki are said to have died in Syria last year.

The police have recorded the statement of the father and intimated the NIA about the same. The NIA is probing this particular case. The central agency will now look into the death of Shaikh.

It may be recalled that Majeed upon his return had spoken about the situation in the ISIS camps in Syria. He said that Indian Muslims were looked down upon and he was given odd jobs which included cleaning toilets.

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