The Maharashtra men suspected to have joined ISIS in Iraq
Sources in the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad say Arif's family received a call on Tuesday that he had died in Mosul, one of the towns worst affected by the fighting between Iraqi forces and militants in the past two months. One of Arif's associates reportedly called his parents and told him he had died in an explosion.
Arif, an engineering student, was one of the four men from Thane near Mumbai, who vanished from their homes in May.
Arif, Aman Tandel, Shaheen Tanki and Fahad Shaikh, reportedly left on May 25 as part of a religious tour to the holy city of Karbala in Iraq. Six days later, they separated from their group and allegedly took a taxi to Mosul.
Investigators found a money trail that suggested that the men - all from well-educated middle class families - had joined the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria or ISIS, the Sunni extremist group that now calls itself Islamic State.
The men were reportedly recruited over the internet.
In a letter to his parents, Arif had reportedly said he was embarking on "Allah's task".
Arif's father Ejaz Majid said he called on May 26, saying he had reached Baghdad.
Ejaz Majid reportedly met Home Minister Rajnath Singh in July and sought help to bring his son back.
The mission men had raised concerns about more taking the same route in India, home to the world's second largest Muslim population.
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