Keralite youth, who joined ISIS killed in US drone attack in Afghanistan
Malappuram, July 31: A Kerala youth, suspected to have fled to Afghanistan in 2017 to join the Islamic State (IS), was killed in a US drone strike in that country, according to information received by his relatives here.
A WhatsApp message received by the family of Muhammed Muhasin on Tuesday said that the youth, a resident of Edappal, had become a "Shaheed" (martyr) 10 days ago.
Confirming the message received by the family, police told PTI that the message had been forwarded to them by the relatives and investigations have begun.
In 2017, while he was a final year student in an Engineering college in Thrissur, Muhasin had left home saying he was going to Bengaluru.
Police, acting on a missing complaint from his relatives, had registered a case, conducted a probe and found that he had left for Dubai.
The Intelligence Bureau had also probed his disappearance.
According to the relatives, the IB had visted them and informed them that Muhasin had joined the Islamic State (IS).
With the report of his death coming in, police in Malappuram once again began the probe.
Two years ago, a missing man from Kasaragod in Kerala, who was suspected to have joined Islamic State, was killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan.
Murshid Muhammed, a native of Padna in Kerala's Kasaragod district, was killed in a drone attack in Nangarhar province in Afghanistan.
He was among the 21 people from the state, who reportedly went missing after travelling to the Middle East and were suspected to have joined the IS in Syria.
Earlier, another man T K Hafeesudeen, 24, also from Padna, was killed in a drone attack in Afghanistan.
Kerala man, who joined ISIS, dies in US drone strike in Afghanistan
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West Asia crisis: Rajasthan man goes missing near Oman after Iranian missile hits oil tanker
Jaipur (PTI): A man from Nagaur district in Rajasthan has gone missing after a missile struck an oil tanker he was aboard near Oman amid the ongoing conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran, according to his family members.
The family said they received information that an Iranian missile hit the vessel on the morning of March 1 while it was stationed at Khasab Port, causing significant damage to the ship.
Dalip Singh, the missing crew member, is a resident of Khinwatana village in Nagaur and began his duty on January 22.
He was serving as a crew member on the tanker operated by Skylight Company. At the time of the attack, Dalip was in the forward section of the ship with another crew member, Ashish Kumar, who hailed from Bihar. While Kumar's body has been recovered, Dalip remains untraceable, his brother Devendra Singh said.
Devendra further mentioned that the company informed them that most of the crew members were evacuated safely during the attack. However, Ashish and two others, including Dalip, have gone missing.
He noted that Dalip last spoke to the family on February 28.
Additionally, another man from Nagaur district, Sunil Kumar, was also working on the same vessel. Dalip is said to have taken over duty in the shift after Sunil completed his assignment, Devendra added.
