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Alleged Islamic State (IS) recruit Areeb Majeed reportedly met his three friends from Kalyan and fellow recruits in Iraq in person a little over a month after news of his death was conveyed to his family in Maharashtra earlier this year. The trio, despite knowing he was alive, did not inform anyone in India, investigations have revealed.
Majeed (24), along with Saheem Tanki, Fahad Sheikh and Aman Tandel, had gone missing from Kalyan in May this year. The quartet was later revealed to have joined IS. Believed to have died in the fighting in Iraq, Areeb was later found to be alive and was brought back to the country by Indian intelligence agencies last week, after which he was arrested by the NIA.
In August this year, Saheem had called his family and told them that Areeb had died. Investigations revealed that the three boys later learned that Areeb was alive but did not inform his or their own families about his well being. “Saheem, Aman and Fahad met Areeb in person in Iraq a month-and-a-half before his return to India, or in the middle of October, where Areeb told them that he had sustained bullet injuries but had escaped alive. While the three boys then returned to the IS camp, Areeb left for Turkey, from where he called his family in India, leading to his return,” said a source.
Areeb has allegedly told his interrogators that his bullet injuries were the catalyst in making him want to return to India. He is currently in NIA’s custody till December 8, and is being held at an undisclosed location in Mumbai.
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