Mumbai: Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad on Monday questioned eight people in the missing Kalyan boys case who reportedly joined the terror outfit Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). A cleric has also been questioned for allegedly trying to indoctrinate the boys.
One of the four boys Arif reportedly died on August 27. Arif's family in Kalyan allegedly received a phone call informing them of his death.
Arif and three others were suspected to have joined the terror group in Iraq after they left their homes one day and then disappeared. The four are said to have left notes begging forgiveness from their families and insisting that they had to join the cause of jihad.
Earlier, a report had revealed that ISIS was using the Indian Mujahideen to recruit poor Muslims in India. Central security agencies revealed that ISIS was targeting the youth in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Jammu and Kashmir.
ISIS is fighting a deadly battle in Iraq and Syria where it has killed lakhs of people in a deadly pursuit to establish an Islamic Caliphate.
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