Rehman said the picture, along with a message, was forwarded to him by another man from Kasaragod, who too was believed to have joined the IS. "I do not know any other details of Shajeer M Abdulla, who is said to have been killed," he told PTI. But the exact date or cause of the death was not mentioned in the message, he said. When contacted, police in Kozhikode, from where Abdulla hails, said they do not have any official information about the development. Nothing more," a police officer told PTI.

Source: dna June 20, 2017 08:37 UTC