The call came when Naeem was in his residence on the second floor of Kungle apartment in Govindwadi area of Kalyan (West) around 11 pm on Saturday. Naeem was informed that his son had achieved martyrdom in an airstrike.
In a phone call purportedly made from Turkey, an anonymous caller on Saturday claimed that Aman Naeem Tandel, alleged to be an Islamic State (IS) recruit, was killed in an airstrike in Iraq. The call, made to Aman's father Naeem Tandel in Kalyan, has left the entire Tandel family shocked.
Aman, Areeb Majeed, Saheem Tanki and Fahad Sheikh, all from Kalyan, had left for Iraq on the pretext of visiting shrines in Baghdad in May 2014 after they were radicalised online and were induced to join IS. While Majeed returned to India in November 2014, Tanki is believed to have died in suicide bombing in Syria in January 2015.
The call came when Naeem was in his residence on the second floor of Kungle apartment in Govindwadi area of Kalyan (West) around 11 pm on Saturday. Naeem was informed that his son had achieved martyrdom in an airstrike.
"We are in shock as of now. But we are hoping that the call could be fake. We just want our son to come back. We are yet to be approached by the government officials about the call," Naeem said.
Naeem soon informed his relatives in the locality about the call, and people soon began to gather at his house. Naeem met his friends in a local mosque at Gafoor Don Chowk during namaaz and spoke to his close friends about the anonymous call.
Earlier, Areeb Majeed's family had received a phone call and were informed that Majeed had died fighting for IS. The information turned out to be incorrect, and Majeed returned home via Turkey after he got injured while fighting for IS in Syria.
Aman's family and friends believe that like Majeed, Aman too would return home. Badrudinbhai Khureshi, a neighbour, said: "We don't believe the call. Earlier too, a similar call was received by Areeb Majeed's family, but he returned. We believe that Aman too will come back one day."
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