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PM Modi will bring our sons back: Parents of other Kalyan youths who joined ISIS

Following the return of 22-year-old Arif Majeed, an ISIS recruit, parents of three other youth in Kalyan who has joined the terror group with Majeed are also hopeful that their sons will return.

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FP Staff|Dec 01, 2014, 07:18:28 IST

Following the return of 22-year-old Arif Majeed, an ISIS recruit, parents of three other youths in Kalyan who have joined the terror group with Majeed are also hopeful that their sons will return.Majeed returned home to India on Friday and was being questioned by intelligence agencies. The National Investigative Agency (NIA) on Friday registered an FIR against him. Majeed was jointly grilled by NIA and Maharashtra ATS upon his return to Mumbai on Friday. Arif appears "highly radicalised" and was likely to face action, the police had said earlier.[caption id="attachment_1827827" align="alignleft" width="380"]Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PTI[/caption]According to a Times of India report, the parents are planning to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi and seek his help to bring their sons back.The four youths—Arif Majeed, Aman Tandel, Fahad Shaikh and Shaheem Tanki—hail from the same area around Ansari chowk in Kalyan.Father of an youth told ToI that they have strong faith in the government after Arif's return. He said Modi was known as a man of action. "We have strong faith in PM Modi, that he will help bring our sons back safely too," he said.

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First Published:Dec 01, 2014, 07:15:17 IST
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