Arrested Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal’s father Zarar Siddibapa said that he was relieved that his 30-year-old son was alive and not killed in any staged shootout as feared earlier by his family.

“We are extremely relieved to know through the media that our son Ahmed Siddibapa is alive and in police custody as we feared earlier that he would have been eliminated in a fake encounter long ago,” said Siddibapa from Bhatkal.