One of three missing Mumbai youths traced near Pune

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Last Updated : Dec 23 2015 | 2:07 PM IST
One of the three missing youths from Mumbai suspected to have joined terror outfit Islamic State (IS) has been traced near Pune and let-off after interrogation, an ATS official said today.
Three missing youths - Wajid Shaikh (25), Mohsin Sayyed (26) and Ayaz Sultan (23) -- all from the Malvani area in western suburb of Mumbai -- had left home and were suspected to have joined the IS.
The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) as well as local police were trying to locate their whereabouts after their parents lodged missing complaints with the Malvani Police.
Wajid was last night traced near Pune, the ATS official said.
"Wajid Sheikh was in some part of south India, we followed him and tracked him near Pune," he said.
The youth was brought to Mumbai and allowed to go home this morning after being quizzed, he said, adding that the whereabouts of two other youths were not yet known.
Sultan went missing on October 30 and Wajid and Mohsin since December 16, a police official had earlier said.
According to police, Sultan left home on October 30 after telling his parents that he had to go to Pune in connection with a job offer he got from a Kuwait-based firm.
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Gill said the prime accused belonged to village Khandu Khera.
However, his accomplice is still absconding, the SSP said.
Meanwhile, the Scheduled Caste Commission has taken note of the incident and asked the SSP to file a report on the matter in the next 15 days.
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First Published: Dec 23 2015 | 2:07 PM IST

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