Maharashtra youth who joined ISIS returns to India

A youth from Maharashtra, who joined the terror group Islamic State (IS) in Iraq, Friday returned home to India and was being questioned by intelligence agencies.

Arif Majeed, hailing from Kalyan town, arrived by a flight via Turkey around 5.15 a.m. Friday. He was immediately whisked away by intelligence officials to an undisclosed location.

Majeed went "missing" in May along with three other Thane youths - Shahim Tanki, Aman Tandel and Fahad Shaikh.

Later, their families living in and around Kalyan and police came to know that they had reportedly sneaked into Iraq and joined the IS ranks.