After reaching Istanbul, he crossed over along with other people who hailed from Pakistan and Afghanistan to Iraqi territory under control of ISIS. That is the period during which Moideen claimed that he had met Paris bombers including Abdelhamid Abaaoud and Salah Abdeslam, the sources said. While Abaaoud was killed in retaliatory fire during the Paris theatre attack in November last year, Abdelslam is in the custody of French police. During the war, he told interrogators that he was paid US $100 per month as an allowance by ISIS besides accommodation and food. He later managed to get a job at a jewellery shop at Kadayanallur in Tamil Nadu.

Source: dna October 23, 2016 09:56 UTC