(Image source from: Kalyan youth who suspected to have joined ISIS present before NIA court})

The 23-year-old Kalyan youth, who had joined the terror group Islamic State (IS) and was arrested after his return to Mumbai, will be produced before a special NIA court on Saturday.

Arif Majeed, 23, from Kalyan, who until now was believed to have been killed while fighting for ISIS in Syria, returned to Mumbai yesterday and is being interrogated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) here.

In May this year, four youths from Kalyan town Arif Majeed, Shaheen Tanki, Fahad Shaikh and Aman Tandel — had left India to visit holy places in the Middle East, but disappeared thereafter. They were suspected to have joined the middle-east terror group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

Arif returned yesterday morning and is being quizzed by the NIA, a police officer said.

His family friend Iftekhar Khan told PTI, "Arif's father Ejaz received a phone call from security agencies this morning saying his son is in Mumbai." Maharashtra ATS, which had earlier questioned the family members of the youths, is also in touch with the NIA over the return of Arif to Mumbai, sources said.

Recently, Arif's father Ejaz Majeed had reportedly met the NIA and told them his son had fled from the IS-controlled areas to Turkey after fighting for the militant group for nearly three months and wants to return to India.

AW: Arun Kumar