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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13 lakh litres of 'Rail Neer' supplied to train passengers daily: Government
New Delhi (PTI): Approximately 13 lakh litres of packaged drinking water -- 'Rail Neer' -- are being supplied to train passengers across the railway network daily, the government informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Wednesday.
Apprising the Lower House about the Indian Railways' endeavour to provide safe and potable drinking water facilities at all stations, the government also provided zone-wise details of the water vending machines (WVMs) installed there.
"To ensure the quality of drinking water being made available at the railway stations, instructions exist for periodical checking and required corrective action to be taken.
"Regular inspection and maintenance of drinking water facilities is carried out and complaints are attended to promptly," Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said while responding to a question raised by BJP MP Anup Sanjay Dhotre seeking to know the supply of drinking water at railway stations across the country
"Complaints regarding deficiency in services, including water supply, are received through various channels such as public complaints, web portals, social media, etc. These complaints are received at various levels, including the Railway Board, zonal railways, division office, etc.," Vaishnaw said.
"The complaints so received are forwarded to the concerned wings of Railways and necessary action is taken to check and address them. As receipt of such complaints and action taken thereon is a continuous and dynamic process, a centralised compendium of these is not maintained," he added.
Providing zone-wise details of water vending machines, the minister said 954 such machines have been installed across railway stations.
"The Indian Railways also provides safe and affordable packaged drinking water bottles -- Rail Neer -- approved by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in trains and at stations," Vaishnaw said.
"Approximately, 13 lakh litres of Rail Neer are being supplied per day to the travelling passengers in trains and at stations across the Indian Railways network," he added.
