Maharashtra IS recruit in NIA custody till Dec 8

Mumbai: A special court here Saturday sent Arif Majeed, who had joined the Islamic State (IS) terror group in Iraq, to NIA custody till Dec 8.

Majeed, 23, hailing from Maharashtra's Kalyan town, arrived in India by a flight via Turkey Friday. He was immediately whisked away by intelligence officials for interrogation.

Majeed went "missing" in May along with three other Thane youths - Shahim Tanki, Aman Tandel and Fahad Shaikh.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested him late Friday and produced him before the court, which remanded him to the probe agency's custody for 10 days.