Fahad Shaikh, a 24-year-old Kalyan resident who fled from home with three of his friends to join the Islamic State in 2014, has been reported killed. Fahad’s father Tanveer Shaikh told HT on Wednesday that a phone call from an unknown number alerted him to his death on Tuesday afternoon. He then went on to say that Fahad had been killed in fighting in Syria, and the last rites would be performed soon. In November 2014, the parents of Aman Nadeem Tandel – a resident of neighbouring Govindwadi –received a similar call from an unknown number informing them about his death. In January 2015, a close friend of Saheen Tanki – another missing Kalyan resident – received information about his death from an unknown caller.

Source: Hindustan Times October 25, 2017 17:15 UTC