"He had lost his passport and was deported from Turkey on an emergency certificate (EC)," said a source in the security establishment. Majeed arrived at Mumbai's international airport early in the morning where his family was waiting to meet him. They were informed of his arrival by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Sources said that soon after Majeed met his relatives, authorities told them to go home and said they could meet Majeed during the day since he would be busy talking to policemen about his journey to Iraq and Turkey.
In May, Majeed, an engineer, had left for Iraq for pilgrimage along with three of his friends—Shaheem Tanki, Fahad Shaikh and Aman Tandel.
After reaching Baghdad in a group of 38, the four youths mysteriously disappeared and reached Mosul. Later, they called up their parents in Kalyan to inform them that they had joined ISIS. Shocked, the families pleaded with them over phone to return.
On August 26, Tanki called up his family and told them that Majeed had been killed in bombing in Syria's Raqqa city. It was during this conversation that his mother broke down and literally begged him over phone to return. Tanki was very clear in his conversation. A senior Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) officer had earlier said that Majeed had told his mother he would return to India with two of his friends, Shaikh and Tandel, but did not give her a timeframe.
Following the news of his "death", his family had even performed Gaybana Namaz (Namaj performed on death of someone who has died somewhere else) at Sarvoday Residency housing complex in Kalyan where they live.
Two months ago, they had met Union home minister Rajnath Singh and requested his help in bringing him back.
"Majeed, along with a few others, had entered Turkey from where he had made a phone call to his family. They got in touch with NIA and informed them about the call and Majeed's location in Turkey. The NIA contacted intelligence bureau agents in Turkey who first located Majeed and helped him reach the Indian consulate there. Since he had lost his passport, he was deported to India on an emergency certificate. In the same flight, two personnel of an Indian security agency kept a watch on him from a distance," said a source.
After Majeed and his friends disappeared in May, their families lodged missing complaints with Bazar Peth police station. ATS began a parallel probe in the case and found the boys had been allegedly radicalized. During this period, ATS questioned around a dozen people, including a fruit seller, principal and a teacher of a Panvel technical institute, an MBA and a cleric.
This apart, the police also registered an FIR under the Foreigner's Act against Kabul residents Rehman Daulati (25) and Ahmed Rateb Hussein Zade (35), fruit seller Aadil Dolare and Govind Thapa, manager of Raja Hotel at Tilak Chowk in Kalyan. The two foreign nationals had stayed in this hotel.
Ujjwal Nika, a special public prosecutor, met the ATS officials in Mumbai on Friday. Sources said the police were exploring all angles and whether Majeed had flouted any rule. "Cops are probing if Majeed had indulged in any illegality or flouted any rule. He is being questioned by sleuths of several agencies and he is, in fact, a mine of information. They want to know all that he has gone through," said a source. There is no criminal case against Majeed in India.
His relatives have requested that the youth return to his family after the probe is completed, saying whatever he had done was "a mistake under the influence of extremists" and that he should be given chance to lead a normal life.
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